astrologer
pronunciation
How to pronounce astrologer in British English:
UK [əˈstrɒlədʒə(r)]
How to pronounce astrologer in American English:
US [əˈstrɑlədʒə(r)]
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- Noun:
- someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and moon
Word Origin
- astrologer (n.)
- late 14c., from astrology + -er (1). Drove out French import astrologein, which, had it survived, probably would have yielded *astrologian, as in Chaucer's "The wise Astrologen." Earliest recorded reference is to roosters as announcers of sunrise.
Example
- 1. Only the word of a local hindu astrologer gives hope he is alive .
- 2. Ms. varmaa and her child would be fine , the astrologer said , as long as the baby was born on one of three mahurats , or auspicious days , near her due date .
- 3. You don 't make important decisions without consulting the temple astrologer .
- 4. You should go to an astrologer to have your horoscope read .
- 5. Law points out that ronald reagan accepted an astrologer 's advice during his time in the white house and george w. bush took america to war in iraq on the basis of what he believed to be god-given intuition .