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alectryomancer

alectryomancer noun: a practitioner of alectryomancy.

Noun

alectryomancer (plural alectryomancers)

  1. A practitioner of alectryomancy.
    • I was unprepared for the change in attire and started slightly when the alectryomancer reappeared.1985, Cathleen Jordan, Alfred Hitchcock's no harm undone, page 113
    • The alectryomancer sometimes wishes to know the name of a person and allows a bird to pick corn grains from letters drawn in a circle on the ground.2001, Clifford A. Pickover, Dreaming the Future: The Fantastic Story of Prediction, page 81

Forms of alectryomancer

pluralalectryomancers

Origin of alectryomancer

From Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn), ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “a rooster”) + -mancer, equivalent to alectryomancy + -er.

Questions about alectryomancer

What does alectryomancer mean?
Alectryomancer means a practitioner of alectryomancy.
What part of speech is alectryomancer?
Alectryomancer is a noun.
What is the plural of alectryomancer?
The plural of alectryomancer is alectryomancers.

Words near alectryomancer in the dictionary

  1. alectoronic acid
  2. Alectown
  3. alectromanchy
  4. alectromancy
  5. alectryomachy
  6. alectryomancer
  7. alectryomancers
  8. alectryomancy
  9. alectryomantic
  10. Alectryon
  11. alectyromancy

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