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fulgurator

Syllables: ful·gu·ra·torUK/ˈfʌl.ɡjʉˌɹeɪ.tə/US/ˈfəl.ɡ(j)əˌɹeɪ.dəɹ/

fulgurator noun: somebody who predicts the future using lightning.

Noun

fulgurator (plural fulgurators)

  1. (historical) Somebody who predicts the future using lightning.
    • As the same person might be both extispex and fulgurator, it is not astonishing to find them both called haruspices.1854, Christian Charles Josias Bunsen, Outlines of the Philosophy of Universal History: Christianity and Mankind, Their Beginnings and Prospects

Forms of fulgurator

pluralfulgurators

Origin of fulgurator

From Latin fulgurator.

Questions about fulgurator

What does fulgurator mean?
Fulgurator means somebody who predicts the future using lightning.
What part of speech is fulgurator?
Fulgurator is a noun.
How do you pronounce fulgurator?
Fulgurator is pronounced /ˈfʌl.ɡjʉˌɹeɪ.tə/ (UK).
What is the plural of fulgurator?
The plural of fulgurator is fulgurators.

Words near fulgurator in the dictionary

  1. fulgurated
  2. fulgurates
  3. fulgurating
  4. fulguration
  5. fulgurations
  6. fulgurator
  7. fulgurators
  8. fulgurite
  9. fulgurites
  10. fulgurous
  11. fulgurously

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