Astrologer

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Astrologer \As*trol"o*ger\, n. [See {Astrology}.]
     1. One who studies the stars; an astronomer. [Obs.]
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     2. One who practices astrology; one who professes to foretell
        events by the aspects and situation of the stars.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  astrologer
       n : someone who predicts the future by the positions of the
           planets and sun and moon [syn: {astrologist}]

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).