Hypertext Webster Gateway: "astrologer"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Astrologer
(Dan. 1:20; 2:2, 10, 27, etc.) Heb. 'ashshaph', an enchanter,
one who professes to divine future events by the appearance of
the stars. This science flourished among the Chaldeans. It was
positively forbidden to the Jews (Deut. 4:19; 18:10; Isa.
47:13).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Astrologer \As*trol"o*ger\, n. [See {Astrology}.]
1. One who studies the stars; an astronomer. [Obs.]
2. One who practices astrology; one who professes to foretell
events by the aspects and situation of the stars.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
astrologer
n : someone who predicts the future by the positions of the
planets and sun and moon [syn: {astrologist}]
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