starmonger

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noun

A fortuneteller; an astrologer.

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Meanings

nounstarmonger (plural starmongers)

plural starmongers

  1. derogatoryA fortuneteller; an astrologer.

    Here, five Foot deep, lies on his Back, / A Cobler, Starmonger, and Quack; / Who to the Stars in pure Good-will, / Does to his best look upward still.

    1708, Jonathan Swift, “An Epitaph on Partridge”, in The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers

Origin

From star + monger.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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