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ˈdivinator Obs. or arch.
Also 7 -our.
[ad. L. dīvīnātor, -ōrem soothsayer, agent-n. from dīvīnāre to divine: cf. F. divinateur.]
One who divines; a diviner, soothsayer.
1607Topsell Serpents (1658) 688 The Egyptians hold opinion that the Crocodile is a divinator. a1610Healey Epictetus' Man. xxxix. (1636) 60 When thou goest unto a divinatour. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. iv. i. i. (1652) 638 Of this number are all Superstitious Idolaters..Divinators, Prophets, Sectaries and Scismatiques. 1884Science 19 Dec. 559/2 In the leading paper of Cambridge, Mass...a professed divinator has kept for years a large, businesslike, and soberly worded advertisement of his services. |