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palmist

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Definition of palmist

as in astrologer

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Recent Examples of palmist As an artist, palmist, and generally spiritual woman, Wright had a few otherworldly experiences in the home herself. — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 31 Aug. 2022 Writer Michael Adno grew up in Sarasota, Florida, home to an unusually large bevy of palmists, mediums, and others able to connect with unseen spirits and energies. — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 10 July 2018 You will be asked to, but a palmist should never attempt to diagnose an illness or predict someone’s death. — Malia Wollan, New York Times, 21 July 2017 For a long time, this would have seemed as foolish as giving your money to a palmist. — Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017

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Nancy Reagan, fearful of losing her husband, did indeed consult an astrologer after Reagan was shot.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026
The earliest existing eyewitness account of a performance of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth comes to us from the astrologer Simon Forman, who saw the play at the Globe Theater on April 20, 1611.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026

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Immanuel Kant, who had taught and written there, remained the oracle of a previous generation, and his ideas still fertilized argument, creating an atmosphere dense with permissions and prohibitions.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
All of them are concerned with legacy, particularly among fathers and daughters (Shakespeare had two and lost his only son), and all of them touch a realm beyond the mundane — a place of gods and dreams, oracles and enchantment.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026

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