Dictionary

esper en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɛsˌpɝ/

Etymology

From ESP + -er from ESP (“extrasensory perception”).

Meanings

1. A person who practices the development of psychic ability.
2. A person who has extrasensory perception.
   • I don't know why anybody would be spying on me, either, but—I'm neither a Lensman nor an esper, but I'd swear that somebody's peeking over my shoulder half the time. 1942 June 14, Edward Elmer Smith, “Storm Cloud on Deka”, in Astonishing Stories, volume 3, number 4:
   • But Espers can’t pick up any EK brain pattern farther than the horizon. It’s direct wave transmission. Even large objects cannot be penetrated. A building, say, or a— 1950 August 14, Alfred Bester, “The Devil's Invention”, in Astounding Science Fiction, volume 45, number 6, page 139:

Forms

Hyponyms

telepath (person having extrasensory perception)

Translations (6)

es esper (person) · ko 초능력자 (person) · ru телепа́т (person) · ru экстрасе́нс (person) · ja 超能力者 (person) · ja エスパー (person)