telepathist
AmericanEtymology
Origin of telepathist
First recorded in 1890–95; telepath(y) + -ist
Example Sentences
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He is not an acrobat like Bernstein, or a near telepathist like Karajan; his movements are semaphoric but controlled.
From Time Magazine Archive
At most we may say, with the poet:— Lo, the sublime telepathist is here.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Lang, Andrew
He was a good amateur medium and telepathist, and had a considerable first-hand knowledge of the next world.
From Crome Yellow by Huxley, Aldous
It was as the latter had said—the famous healer and telepathist was to start a series of classes for women.
From She Buildeth Her House by Comfort, William Wistar
A hippologist thought that men of his calling should have been consulted, a telepathist believed that telepathists should have been called in.
From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Pfungst, Oskar
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