astrologeress

English

Etymology

From astrologer +‎ -ess.

Noun

astrologeress (plural astrologeresses)

1. (rare, dated) A female astrologer.
   • 1828, [Algernon Herbert], “Homer”, in Nimrod: A Discourse on Certain Passages of History and Fable, volume the second, London: […] Richard Priestley, page 632:

     Hippo was daughter to Cheiron the son of the mare Philyra, and cohabited with king Æolus and taught him physics and all the learning of her father, and was the first prophetess and astrologeress, concerning whom Euripides said, […]

   • 1833 October 9, “From Our Paris Correspondent”, in The Court Journal: Gazette of the Fashionable World, number 236, London: […] Henry Colburn. […] W. Thomas, published 2 November 1833, page 714:

     Madame de N⸺, the celebrated fortune-teller and astrologeress, foretold it, however;

   • 1899 February 11, ““Rulers of the Heavens.” Important Information as to When to Be Born.”, in The Gloucestershire Echo‎:

     The Astrological Institute held its annual meeting at the Memorial Hall, London, on Frinight, under the presidency of Mr Bishop-Culpepper. Quite a large number of old women of both sexes assembled, but there were also, I am bound to confess, says a Morning Leader representative, a sprinkling of young and distinctly pretty astrologeresses.

   • 1927, The Golden Book Magazine, page 236:

     The Claim of a Contemporary Astrologeress / To-day the practice of astrology by competent astrologers is a respected, honourable profession. The law recognizes and protects it as it does the practice of medicine. Many prominent New York men come openly to my studio. . .

   • 1962, Lionel Fanthorpe and Patricia Fanthorpe writing as John E. Muller, The Return of Zeus, Gateway, published 2014:

     “Now I think we have freed Madame Zaff,” said the mystery man, “come on my lady astrologer, my astrologeress, or my astrologess,” he joked courteously as he bowed to the rather scared lady. […] “I’ve told you before, my dear Mr. Harry Storm, there is no such thing as a coincidence! Consider, if you will, our Dutch friend,” said the astrologeress. […] “It was what I’d call a personal question, Madame Zaff, but I expect that as an astrologeress you’ve answered lots of personal questions from those who have asked you to cast their horoscopes.”

   • 1996, Maureen Perkins, Visions of the Future: Almanacs, Time, and Cultural Change, 1775-1870, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 93:

     There was even, in 1851, Frances Moor, an ‘Astrologeress’, whose Vox Sybillarum contained a large hieroglyphic.

Synonyms

• astrologess