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numerologist

American  
[noo-mer-ahl-uh-jist, nyoo-] / ˌnu mərˈɑl ə dʒɪst, ˌnju- /

noun

  • numerologists
    plural
  1. a person who studies numerology.


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An avid numerologist, in 1987, he issued new currency in denominations of nine -- a digit considered auspicious, but bewildering shoppers with mental arithmetic.

From Barron's Dec. 21, 2025

An amateur healer and numerologist, Grandmother has a particular expertise in witches, having narrowly escaped being squelched by one herself as a young girl.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 21, 2020

Mozart, for example, was such a numerologist that he even used secret numerical codes in letters to his wife, and was another big fan of the number 3.

From The Guardian Oct. 14, 2016

Dr. Matrix claims to be a mathematician and a numerologist.

From New York Times Jun. 7, 2010

Ezekiel must have been something of a numerologist.

From The Four-Faced Visitors of Ezekiel by Arthur W. Orton

And then the year, for which numerologists add all the individual digits of 2022 together: 2+0+2+2=6.

From Washington Post Feb. 21, 2022

Ms. Aniston, who’s been seeing Ms. Schumacher since 2019, has a Rolodex of healers, astrologers and numerologists that she’s acquired over the last 30 years.

From New York Times Nov. 26, 2021

Since then, he’s become an accidental mystic, sought out by numerologists, homeopaths, and Buddhist scholars who are convinced that “Groundhog Day” contains the secret to all existence.

From The New Yorker Apr. 18, 2017

But even more impressive to Hollywood numerologists, Trans4mers would become the first picture to reach the magic $100-million three-day-opening mark since last Thanksgiving, when The Hunger Games: Catching Fire premiered to an incendiary $158.1 million.

From Time Jul. 1, 2014

Baseball's numerologists came up with the fascinating information that the Yankees, winners of 28 pennants, have never won in a year that ended with a four.

From Time Magazine Archive

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