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RHABDOMANCER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rhabdomancer mean?
• RHABDOMANCER (noun)
The noun RHABDOMANCER has 1 sense:
1. someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water
Familiarity information: RHABDOMANCER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
dowser; rhabdomancer; water witch
Hypernyms ("rhabdomancer" is a kind of...):
diviner (someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers)
Derivation:
rhabdomancy (searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod)
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