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telepathist

American  
[tuh-lep-uh-thist] / təˈlɛp ə θɪst /
Also telepath

noun

  1. a student of or believer in telepathy.

  2. a person having telepathic power.


Etymology

Origin of telepathist

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

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He is not an acrobat like Bernstein, or a near telepathist like Karajan; his movements are semaphoric but controlled.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use by A. Alpheus

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

From That Affair at Elizabeth by Burton Egbert Stevenson

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

From She Buildeth Her House by William Wistar Comfort

He was a good amateur medium and telepathist, and had a considerable first-hand knowledge of the next world.

From Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley

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