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Definition of Fortune teller
1. Noun. A person who foretells your personal future.
Generic synonyms: Forecaster, Predictor, Prognosticator, Soothsayer
Specialized synonyms: Chiromancer, Palmist, Palmister, Sibyl
Definition of Fortune teller
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of fortuneteller) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fortune Teller
Literary usage of Fortune teller
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"Outlook 111:357-9 O 13 '15 Ah-Foo, the fortune teller; story. M. Allen. Overland ns
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2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1774)
"The Fortune-Teller. ... fome reputation to the Fortune-teller before us, who,
... greatly to the advantage of the Fortune-teller, on which, ..."
3. An apology for the Bible, in a series of letters addressed to T. Paine by Richard Watson (1808)
"Was Isaiah a fortune-teller, predicting riches, when he said to king Hezekiah, "
Behold, the davs come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy ..."
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