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astrologeress

astrologeress noun: a female astrologer.

Noun

astrologeress (plural astrologeresses)

  1. (dated, rare) A female astrologer.
    • Hippo was daughter to Cheiron the son of the mare Philyra, and cohabited with king Æolus and taught him physics and all the learning of her father, and was the first prophetess and astrologeress, concerning whom Euripides said,[…]1828, [Algernon Herbert], “Homer”, in Nimrod: A Discourse on Certain Passages of History and Fable, volume the second, London: […] Richard Priestley, page 632
    • Madame de N⸺, the celebrated fortune-teller and astrologeress, foretold it, however;1833 October 9, “From Our Paris Correspondent”, in The Court Journal: Gazette of the Fashionable World, number 236, London: […] Henry Colburn. […] W. Thomas, published 2 November 1833, page 714
    Synonyms:
    astrologess

Examples of astrologeress in a sentence

  • The Claim of a Contemporary Astrologeress / To-day the practice of astrology by competent astrologers is a respected, honourable profession.1927, The Golden Book Magazine, page 236:
  • There was even, in 1851, Frances Moor, an ‘Astrologeress’, whose Vox Sybillarum contained a large hieroglyphic.1996, Maureen Perkins, Visions of the Future: Almanacs, Time, and Cultural Change, 1775-1870, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 93:

Synonyms of astrologeress

Forms of astrologeress

pluralastrologeresses

Origin of astrologeress

From astrologer + -ess.

Questions about astrologeress

What does astrologeress mean?
Astrologeress means a female astrologer.
How do you use astrologeress in a sentence?
The Claim of a Contemporary Astrologeress / To-day the practice of astrology by competent astrologers is a respected, honourable profession.
What part of speech is astrologeress?
Astrologeress is a noun.
What is the plural of astrologeress?
The plural of astrologeress is astrologeresses.

Words near astrologeress in the dictionary

  1. astrolithology
  2. astrologamage
  3. astrologaster
  4. astrologasters
  5. astrologer
  6. astrologeress
  7. astrologeresses
  8. astrologers
  9. astrologese
  10. astrologess
  11. astrologesses

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