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astrologer

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as·trol·o·gy  (-strl-j)
n.
1. The study of the positions and aspects of celestial bodies in the belief that they have an influence on the course of natural earthly occurrences and human affairs.
2. Obsolete Astronomy.

[Middle English astrologie, from Old French, from Latin astrologia, from Greek astrologi : astro-, astro- + -logi, -logy.]

as·trolo·ger n.
astro·logi·cal (str-lj-kl), astro·logic adj.
astro·logi·cal·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.astrologerastrologer - someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon
forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer - someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)

astrologer
noun stargazer In a way, being an astrologer means being a counsellor.
Translations
astrologer [əsˈtrɒlədʒəʳ] Nastrólogo/a m/f
astrologer [əˈstrɒlədʒər] nastrologue m
astrologer
nAstrologe m, → Astrologin f
astrologer [əsˈtrɒlədʒəʳ] nastrologo/a
astrologer [əsˈtrɒlədʒəʳ] nastrologo/a


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I am an astrologer and I come to restore health to the Princess Badoura, daughter of the high and mighty King of China, on the conditions laid down by His Majesty of marrying her should I succeed, or of losing my life if I fail.
"I tell you," one of them was saying, "that if Coysel predicted that, 'tis as good as true; I know nothing about it, but I have heard say that he's not only an astrologer, but a magician.
It was towards this epoch, that the excessive heat of the summer of 1466 caused that grand outburst of the plague which carried off more than forty thousand souls in the vicomty of Paris, and among others, as Jean de Troyes states, "Master Arnoul, astrologer to the king, who was a very fine man, both wise and pleasant.
 
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