alectryomancer
nounEtymology From Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn), ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “a rooster”) + -mancer, equivalent to alectryomancy + -er.
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A practitioner of alectryomancy.
- I was unprepared for the change in attire and started slightly when the alectryomancer reappeared.1985, Cathleen Jordan, Alfred Hitchcock's no harm undone, page 113:
- The alectryomancer sometimes wishes to know the name of a person and allows a bird to pick corn grains from letters drawn in a circle on the ground.2001, Clifford A. Pickover, Dreaming the Future: The Fantastic Story of Prediction, page 81:
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- The alectryomancers knew how to tap the power of the living chicken.2008, Bob Sheasley, Home to Roost: A Backyard Farmer Chases Chickens Through the Ages, →ISBN: