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astrologer

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishastrologer,astrologier,astrologere, formed fromMiddle Englishastrologie orLatinastrologus +Middle English-ere, equivalent toastrology +‎-er. Ousted importedMiddle Englishastrologien(astrologer), borrowed fromOld Frenchastrologien.DisplacedOld Englishtungolwītga(literallystar prophet).

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Noun

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astrologer (pluralastrologers)

  1. One who studies or practicesastrology.
    Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler both made a living asastrologers.
    • 1971,Keith Thomas,Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published2012, page335:
      When witchcraft became a statutory offence again in 1563,astrologers reincurred the risk of prosecution[]
    • 1981,William Irwin Thompson,The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page130:
      Astrologers, when they observe this pattern, insist that it corresponds to the zodiacal progression. I am not anastrologer and I hold no brief for it, but I do believe the origins of astrology are not with the Chaldeans of Mesopotamia but with the hunters and gatherers of the Stone Age.

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one who studies astrology

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Noun

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astrologer

  1. indefiniteplural ofastrolog
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