Etymology
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From Middle English astrologer, astrologier, astrologere, formed from Middle English astrologie or Latin astrologus + Middle English -ere, equivalent to astrology + -er. Ousted imported Middle English astrologien (“astrologer”), borrowed from Old French astrologien. Displaced Old English tungolwītga (literally “star prophet”).
Pronunciation
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astrologer (plural astrologers, feminine astrologess)
- One who studies or practices astrology.
Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler both made a living as astrologers.
Synonyms
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Translations
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one who studies astrology
- Arabic: مُنَجِّم m (munajjim), مُنَجِّمَة f (munajjima)
- Azerbaijani: münəccim
- Basque: astrologo (eu)
- Burmese: ဗေဒင်ဆရာ (bedanghca.ra)
- Catalan: astròleg (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 占星家 (zh) (zhānxīngjiā)
- Czech: astrolog (cs) m,hvězdopravec (cs) m
- Danish: astrolog c
- Dutch: astroloog (nl) m, sterrenwichelaar (nl) m
- Esperanto: astrologo (eo), astrologiisto
- Faroese: stjørnuspámaður m, stjørnuspáfólk n
- Finnish: astrologi (fi)
- French: astrologue (fr) m or f
- Galician: astrólogo (gl) m, astróloga f, estreleiro m (archaic)
- German: Astrologe (de) m, Astrologin (de) f, Sterndeuter (de) m, Sterndeuterin (de) f
- Greek: αστρολόγος (el) m or f (astrológos)
- Ancient: ἀστρολόγος m (astrológos)
- Hindi: ज्योतिष (hi) m (jyotiṣ), ज्योतिषी (hi) m (jyotiṣī)
- Icelandic: stjörnuspekingur m
- Ido: astrologo (io)
- Indonesian: astrolog (id)
- Irish: astralaí m
- Italian: astrologo (it) m, astrologa (it) f
- Japanese: 占星術師 (せんせいじゅつし, senseijutsushi)
- Latin: astrologus (la) m
- Macedonian: астролог m (astrolog), ѕвездочaтец m (dzvezdočatec) (archaic)
- Malay: ahli nujum
- Nepali: ज्योतिष (ne) (jyotiṣ), ज्योतिषी (ne) (jyotiṣī)
- Old English: tungolwītga m
- Old Polish: gwiazdomówca m, gwiazdarz m, gwiazdownik m
- Persian: اخترگو (axtargu)
- Polish: astrolog (pl) m
- Portuguese: astrólogo (pt) m
- Romanian: astrolog (ro) m, cititor în stele (ro) m
- Russian: астро́лог (ru) m (astrólog), звездочёт (ru) m (zvezdočót) (dated, also: astronomer)
- Sanskrit: ज्योतिष (sa) m (jyotiṣa)
- Spanish: astrólogo (es) m, astróloga f
- Swahili: mnajimu
- Swedish: astrolog (sv) c
- Telugu: దైవజ్ఞుడు (daivajñuḍu)
- Turkish: astrolog (tr), yıldız falcısı (tr)
- Ukrainian: астро́лог (uk) m (astróloh), астрологи́ня f (astrolohýnja)
- Uzbek: munajjim (uz)
- Volapük: (♂♀) strologan (vo)
- Yoruba: awòràwọ̀
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