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Meanings of fortune-teller in English

A person who gives predictions about the future of a person's life.

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Examples for "fortuneteller"
Examples for "fortuneteller"
1
Paul wonders whether she was Mrs. Blake, the fortuneteller, checking them out.
The new yorker
2
She was a fortuneteller and she wanted to tell me my fortune.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
3
Paul wants to be a writer and they decide to consult a fortuneteller.
The new yorker
4
A fortuneteller with cards gives one the same shock of surprise.
The Path of a Star
5
Other than finding a fortuneteller, what's a publisher to do?
Wired
Usage of fortune-teller in English
1
But amid all the uncertainty, one ancient profession has flourished: the fortune-teller.
The Guardian
2
I just encountered a fortune-teller who promised I was doomed in love.
Venus In Copper
3
The Lord would not become a mere fortune-teller to gratify his inquisitiveness.
Love to the Uttermost / Expositions of John XIII.-XXI.
4
Freddie was sent to a Siberian Gulag, as the fortune-teller had predicted.
Life
5
Olympos concurred, saying I looked like a fortune-teller from the Moeris Oasis.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
6
She is not a professional fortune-teller, and merely ventured a few statements.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
7
Delacroix painted her as a kind of Gypsy fortune-teller, dark-eyed and tousle-haired.
The Guardian
8
The henna tattoo artist in the corner, the fortune-teller by the stairs.
Crushed
9
It seemed to be a fortune-teller's hut, but somebody was already visiting.
The Pilo Family Circus
10
He found another fortune-teller there, a man, who made the same prediction.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 0...
11
A fortune-teller told me I would marry a dark-eyed man from Padova.
A golden web
12
The fortune-teller looked at him and snorted with a brief, silent laugh.
The Oracle Glass
13
He must be a fortune-teller, and the Lord only knows what else!
The Story of Waitstill Baxter
14
I didn't tell him my mom was a fortune-teller, a good one.
Mob rules
15
I do not tell good lies, so I am a poor fortune-teller.
American Gods
16
And why would she kill the fortune-teller and leave the disc behind?
Cooking Up Murder