physiognomist
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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As a physiognomist of power, celebrity, rank and beauty, he was as celebrated in Georgian England as Rubens had been in baroque Europe.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said the aged physiognomist: "We are here to fill the hours with revelry; to see each other with glances of Mertonian eyes."
From Time Magazine Archive
"I did not know you were such a physiognomist," said Lady Juliana.
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Ashmore, Annie
Mr. de St. Yves, who was a great physiognomist, compared the two pictures with the Huron's countenance.
From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by
It does not take a physiognomist to see that.
From The Mystery of Evelin Delorme A Hypnotic Story by Paine, Albert Bigelow
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