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alectryomancer en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn), ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “a rooster”) + -mancer, equivalent to alectryomancy + -er.

Meanings

1. A practitioner of alectryomancy.
   • 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:
   • 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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