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English Dictionary: astrologer by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
astrologer
n
  1. someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon
    Synonym(s): astrologer, astrologist
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Astrologer \As*trol"o*ger\, n. [See {Astrology}.]
      1. One who studies the stars; an astronomer. [Obs.]
  
      2. One who practices astrology; one who professes to foretell
            events by the aspects and situation of the stars.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Astrologer
      (Dan. 1:20; 2:2, 10, 27, etc.) Heb. 'ashshaph', an enchanter,
      one who professes to divine future events by the appearance of
      the stars. This science flourished among the Chaldeans. It was
      positively forbidden to the Jews (Deut. 4:19; 18:10; Isa.
      47:13).
     
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