 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
astrologer
noun: someone who predicts the future by the positions of the
planets and sun and moon [syn: {astrologist}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Astrologer \As*trol"o*ger\, noun [See {Astrology}.]
1. One who studies the stars; an astronomer. [Obs.]
2. One who practices astrology; one who professes to foretell
events by the aspects and situation of the stars.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "astrologer":
Cassandra, Chaldean, Druid, astroalchemist, astrologian,
astromancer, augur, calamity howler, crystal gazer, divinator,
diviner, divineress, forecaster, foreknower, foreseer, foreshower,
foreteller, fortuneteller, genethliac, geomancer, haruspex,
horoscoper, horoscopist, palmist, predictor, prefigurer, presager,
prognosticator, prophesier, prophet, prophet of doom, prophetess,
psychic, pythoness, religious prophets, seer, seeress, soothsayer,
stargazer, vates, weather prophet
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Astrologer
(Dan. 1:20; 2:2, 10, 27, etc.) Heb. 'ashshaph', an enchanter,
one who professes to divine future events by the appearance of
the stars. This science flourished among the Chaldeans. It was
positively forbidden to the Jews (Deut. 4:19; 18:10; Isa.
47:13).
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