chiromancer
- noun
- /ˈkaɪrəˌmænsər/
:
quiromante
- During the fair, a chiromancer read my palm and predicted great success in my career.
Examples
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Many people visit a chiromancer to learn about their future or seek guidance on life choices.
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I, Madame Zoe, chiromancer, lifelong student of the moldings and markings of the human hand.
Fiction book (1993) -
The chiromancer confidently told her that she would soon meet someone special.
Synonyms
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3.5
A person who claims to tell the future using cards or palm reading
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9.9
A person who says they can tell the future
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6.5
A person who says they can see someone's future, often using cards or palm reading
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9.9
A person who says they can learn hidden things or predict the future using spiritual ways
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A person who reads lines on a hand to tell the future
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A person who says what will happen in the future
A person who reads the lines on your palm to tell your future
Surface Forms
Morphology
chiromancer = chiromancy (opaque) = chiro + mancy + er
The word is built from the specialized noun 'chiromancy' plus the agentive suffix '-er', but the classical element 'chiro-' and bound root '-mancy' are unlikely to be known by an average learner.
Etymology
Chiromancer comes from two Greek parts: chiro- meaning 'hand' and -mancer meaning 'one who predicts', and you can see chiro- in chiropractor and -mancer in necromancer. So a chiromancer is a 'hand' fortune-teller who reads the lines on a palm to tell the future.