fortune-teller

American  

[fawr-chuhn-tel-er] / ˈfɔr tʃənˌtɛl ər /

Or fortuneteller

noun

1. a person who claims the ability to predict the future.

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fortune-teller British  

noun

1. a person who makes predictions about the future as by looking into a crystal ball, reading palms, etc

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Other Word Forms

• fortune-telling
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of fortune-teller

First recorded in 1580–90; fortune + teller ( def. )

Example Sentences

Poe's chilling shadow falls across "The Hidden Cause" and "The Fortune-Teller".

From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2013

When a fortune-teller predicted he would die in 1993, he refused to fly for a year and wrote a book about it: A Fortune-Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the hallway I get my first good look at my Junior Fortune-Teller escort.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

Carriages, attended by liveried servants, not unfrequently stop at the nearest respectable corner adjoining the abode of a notorious Fortune-Teller, while some richly-dressed but closely-veiled woman stealthily glides into the habitation of the Witch.

From The Witches of New York by Doesticks, Q. K. Philander

From another pocket Jones drew a small volume entitled The Combination Fortune-Teller and Complete Dictionary of Dreams.

From Heart of the Sunset by Beach, Rex Ellingwood