telepathist
AmericanEtymology
Origin of telepathist
First recorded in 1890–95; telepath(y) + -ist
Example Sentences
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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
Such, I fancied, was the explanation of the phenomena which a telepathist would give.
From That Affair at Elizabeth by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
A hippologist thought that men of his calling should have been consulted, a telepathist believed that telepathists should have been called in.
From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Pfungst, Oskar
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 Comfort, William Wistar
At most we may say, with the poet:— Lo, the sublime telepathist is here.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Lang, Andrew
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