phrenologist

English

Etymology

phrenology +‎ -ist

Noun

phrenologist (plural phrenologists)

1. An adherent or practitioner of phrenology.
   • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 112:

     The phrenologist, who regulates heart and mind by undulations of the skull, has another system.

Synonyms

• cranioscopist

Translations

adherent or practitioner of phrenology

• Dutch: frenoloog (nl) m
• French: phrénologiste (fr) m or f, phrénologue (fr) m or f
• German: Phrenologe m, Phrenologin f
• Hungarian: frenológus (hu)
• Volapük: (♂♀) frenologan, (♂) hifrenologan, (♂♀) jifrenologan

Anagrams

• nephrologist