mind reader

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noun

a person professing the ability of mind reading, especially as a professional entertainer.

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Origin of mind reader

First recorded in 1885–90

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How to use mind reader in a sentence

And unless you are a mind reader, you will find almost no evidence of it in your local coffee shop.
Reality Check: There Are No Swing Voters|Goldie Taylor|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I wouldn't be surprised if you grew up to be a mind reader, like that feller in the show we went to at the townhall a spell ago.
Cy Whittaker's Place|Joseph C. Lincoln
The mind-reader entered the chamber by the way we shall leave it.
Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills|Luella Agnes Owen
But it is doubtful if an inspired mind-reader could have made anything of such thoughts as Trennahan wished to conceal.
The Californians|Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

For a long time he sat staring at it; yet it would not have required a mind-reader to tell that he made nothing of it.
Riddle of the Storm|Roy J. Snell
But I am not a rhinoceros mind reader, and its actions were such as to warrant my regarding it as a suspicious character.
Theodore Roosevelt|Theodore Roosevelt

British Dictionary definitions for mind reader

mind-reader

noun

a person seemingly able to discern the thoughts of another

Derived forms of mind-reader

mind-reading, noun

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