starmonger

English

Etymology

star +‎ monger

Noun

starmonger (plural starmongers)

1. (derogatory) A fortuneteller; an astrologer.
   • 1708, Jonathan Swift, “An Epitaph on Partridge”, in The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers:

     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.