starmonger

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

star +‎ monger

Noun[edit]

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.
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