alectryomancer

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noun

A practitioner of alectryomancy.

OriginAncient Greek ἀλεκτρυών →
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Meanings

nounalectryomancer (plural alectryomancers)

plural alectryomancers

  1. A practitioner of alectryomancy.

    The alectryomancers knew how to tap the power of the living chicken.

    2008, Bob Sheasley, Home to Roost: A Backyard Farmer Chases Chickens Through the Ages, →ISBN
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    I was unprepared for the change in attire and started slightly when the alectryomancer reappeared.

    1985, Cathleen Jordan, Alfred Hitchcock's no harm undone, page 113

    The alectryomancer sometimes wishes to know the name of a person and allows a bird to pick corn grains from letters drawn in a circle on the ground.

    2001, Clifford A. Pickover, Dreaming the Future: The Fantastic Story of Prediction, page 81

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀλεκτρυών
  2. Englishalectryomancer

From Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn), ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “a rooster”) + -mancer, equivalent to alectryomancy + -er.

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APA

alectryomancer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alectryomancer

MLA

“alectryomancer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alectryomancer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alectryomancer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alectryomancer.

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