Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as chiromancer.

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  • noun Alternative form of cheiromantist.

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Examples

  • “Ay,” answered Hayraddin, “it required neither astrologer, or physiognomist, nor chiromantist to foretell that I should follow the destiny of my family.”

    Quentin Durward 2008

  • “Thyself, ha?” said Quentin, somewhat indignant that the chiromantist should thus practise on his credulity, and endeavour to found

    Quentin Durward 2008

  • My chest is somewhat narrow and my arms exceedingly thin: my right hand is the more grossly fashioned of the two, so that a chiromantist might have set me down as rude or doltish: indeed, should such an one examine my hand, he would be ashamed to say what he thought.

    Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study 1886

  • "Thyself, ha?" said Quentin, somewhat indignant that the chiromantist should thus practise on his credulity, and endeavour to found a reputation by predicting the consequences of his own treachery.

    Quentin Durward Walter Scott 1801

  • "Ay," answered Hayraddin, "it required neither astrologer, or physiognomist, nor chiromantist to foretell that I should follow the destiny of my family."

    Quentin Durward Walter Scott 1801

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