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telepath

American  
[tel-uh-path] / ˈtɛl əˌpæθ /

noun

  1. a person with the ability to communicate using telepathy.


telepath British  
/ ˈtɛlɪˌpæθ /

noun

  1. a person who is telepathic

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to practise telepathy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Either that or we’re just inside Wanda and Agatha’s minds, since Wanda was a telepath before she was an all-powerful sorceress.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2021

After brooding over the problem, Asimov came up with the Mule, a mutant telepath who uses mind control to conquer the galaxy — a black swan that Hari Seldon could never have foreseen.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2018

Indeed, Silverberg’s signature novel, “Dying Inside” — about a telepath losing his powers — could almost have been written by Philip Roth, and is just as brilliant, mordant and moving as “Portnoy’s Complaint.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2016

Voiced with cool detachment by Carl Lumbly, the green-skinned shapeshifter and telepath often stole the show from his more famous counterparts.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2015

"What have we got? . . . Ophelia was bonkers, right? And Juliet was what, a sixth-grader?" eleanor "So Psylocke is another girl telepath?"

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

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