telepathist

Also tel·e·path

[tuh-lep-uh-thist]

noun

1. a student of or believer in telepathy.

2. a person having telepathic power.

Word History and Origins

Origin of telepathist¹

First recorded in 1890–95; telepath(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

Where the relation of my own personal contact with hypnotists, telepathists, mediums, mysteries?

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Such, I fancied, was the explanation of the phenomena which a telepathist would give.

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It was as the latter had said—the famous healer and telepathist was to start a series of classes for women.

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I spent three months on Venus a while back," said Arcot, "studying with one of their foremost telepathists.

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It follows that a telepathist at any following seance with the recipient can reach the content of that message.

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Related Words

• prophet 
• seer 
• soothsayer