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fortune-teller

[fawr-chuhn-tel-er] / ˈfɔr tʃənˌtɛl ər /
NOUN
person attempting to tell the future
Synonyms
WEAK
augur clairvoyant crystal ball gazer diviner medium mind reader oracle palm reader palmist predicter prophet psychic seer soothsayer spiritualist tarot reader tea-leaf reader

Example Sentences

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The Fortune-teller no longer possesses the singleness of mind or purpose necessary to a clear reading of the symbols he or she consults.

From Tea-Cup Reading and Fortune-Telling by Tea Leaves, by a Highland Seer by

The Fortune-teller told him that within a year he would be returning to Europe by the same canal.

From With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 by Anonymous

And for our thriving means, thus: I my self will put on the Deceit of a Fortune-teller.

From The Puritaine Widdow by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)

The following "tokens of love and marriage by hearing the cuckow, or seeing other birds first in the morning," are extracted from an old chap-book entitled, the Golden Cabinet, or the Compleat Fortune-teller, n. d.:

From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)

And good father Fortune-teller, let Frisco knowe whether Siluio my maister, that lustie Forrester, shall gaine that same gay shepheardesse or no.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)