phrenologist

English

Etymology

phrenology +‎ -ist

Noun

phrenologist (plural phrenologists)

An adherent or practitioner of phrenology.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 112:
  The phrenologist, who regulates heart and mind by undulations of the skull, has another system.

Synonyms

cranioscopist

Translations

adherent or practitioner of phrenology

Dutch: frenoloog (nl) m
French: phrénologiste (fr) m or f, phrénologue (fr) m or f
German: Phrenologe m, Phrenologin f
Hungarian: frenológus (hu)
Volapük: (♂♀) frenologan, (♂) hifrenologan, (♂♀) jifrenologan

Anagrams

nephrologist

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