Meanings
noundivinator (plural divinators)
plural divinators
- One who practices or claims to practice divination; a diviner.
Of this number are all superstitious idolaters, ethnicks, Mahometans, Jewes, heretiques, enthusiasts, divinators, prophets, sectaries, and schismatiques
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latindīvīnātor
- Englishdivinator
From Latin dīvīnātor. See divination.
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APA
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