astrologer

English

Etymology

From Middle English astrologer, astrologier, astrologere, formed from Middle English astrologie or Latin astrologus + Middle English -ere, equivalent to astrology +‎ -er. Ousted imported Middle English astrologien (“astrologer”), borrowed from Old French astrologien. Displaced Old English tungolwītga (literally “star prophet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɒl.ə.d͡ʒɚ/

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Noun

astrologer (plural astrologers)

1. One who studies or practices astrology.

   Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler both made a living as astrologers.

   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 335:

     When witchcraft became a statutory offence again in 1563, astrologers reincurred the risk of prosecution […]

   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 130:

     Astrologers, when they observe this pattern, insist that it corresponds to the zodiacal progression. I am not an astrologer and I hold no brief for it, but I do believe the origins of astrology are not with the Chaldeans of Mesopotamia but with the hunters and gatherers of the Stone Age.

Synonyms

• astrologist
• astrologue

Derived terms

• astrologeress

 

Translations

one who studies astrology

• Arabic: مُنَجِّم m (munajjim), مُنَجِّمَة f (munajjima)
• Azerbaijani: münəccim
• Basque: astrologo (eu)
• Burmese: ဗေဒင်ဆရာ (bedanghca.ra)
• Catalan: astròleg (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 占星家 (zh) (zhānxīngjiā)

• Czech: astrolog (cs) m, hvězdopravec (cs) m
• Danish: astrolog c
• Dutch: astroloog (nl) m, sterrenwichelaar (nl) m
• Esperanto: astrologo (eo), astrologiisto
• Faroese: stjørnuspámaður m, stjørnuspáfólk n
• Finnish: astrologi (fi)
• French: astrologue (fr) m or f
• Galician: astrólogo (gl) m, astróloga f, estreleiro m (archaic)
• German: Astrologe (de) m, Astrologin (de) f, Sterndeuter (de) m, Sterndeuterin (de) f
• Greek: αστρολόγος (el) m or f (astrológos)

  Ancient: ἀστρολόγος m (astrológos)

• Hindi: ज्योतिष (hi) m (jyotiṣ), ज्योतिषी (hi) m (jyotiṣī)
• Icelandic: stjörnuspekingur m
• Ido: astrologo (io)
• Indonesian: astrolog (id)
• Irish: astralaí m
• Italian: astrologo (it) m, astrologa (it) f
• Japanese: 占星術師 (せんせいじゅつし, senseijutsushi)
• Latin: astrologus (la) m
• Macedonian: астролог m (astrolog), ѕвездочaтец m (dzvezdočatec) (archaic)
• Malay: ahli nujum
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: одон зурхайч (odon zurxajč), астрологич (astrologič)

  Mongolian: ᠣᠳᠤᠨ
  ᠵᠢᠷᠤᠬᠠᠶᠢᠴᠢ (odun ǰiruqayiči)

• Nepali: ज्योतिष (ne) (jyotiṣ), ज्योतिषी (ne) (jyotiṣī)
• Old Czech: hvězdovník m
• Old English: tungolwītga m
• Old Polish: gwiazdomówca m, gwiazdarz m, gwiazdownik m
• Persian: اخترگو (axtargu)
• Polish: astrolog (pl) m
• Portuguese: astrólogo (pt) m
• Romanian: astrolog (ro) m, cititor în stele (ro) m
• Russian: астро́лог (ru) m (astrólog), звездочёт (ru) m (zvezdočót) (dated, also: astronomer)
• Sanskrit: ज्योतिष (sa) m (jyotiṣa)
• Sicilian: stròlucu m, stròluca f
• Spanish: astrólogo (es) m, astróloga f
• Swahili: mnajimu
• Swedish: astrolog (sv) c
• Telugu: దైవజ్ఞుడు (daivajñuḍu)
• Turkish: astrolog (tr), yıldız falcısı (tr)
• Ukrainian: астро́лог (uk) m (astróloh), астрологи́ня f (astrolohýnja)
• Uzbek: munajjim (uz)
• Volapük: (♂♀) strologan (vo)
• Yoruba: awòràwọ̀

Swedish

Noun

astrologer

1. indefinite plural of astrolog