oneiromancern.
/ə(ʊ)ˈnʌɪrəmansə/, U.S. /oʊˈnaɪroʊˌmænsər/ A person who interprets dreams in order to predict the future.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [noun] > study or interpretation of > one who studies or interprets
dream readera1387
dream doctor1545
dream interpreter?1611
dream-tellera1641
oneirocritica1652
dream-speller1652
oneiropolist1652
oneiromancer1653
oneiromantist1653
oneirocrite1693
oneirologist1834
oneiroscopist1889
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > interpretation of dreams > [noun] > one who practises
readerOE
dream readera1387
conjectora1425
dream doctor1545
dream interpreter?1611
conjecturer1612
dream-tellera1641
oneirocritica1652
dream-speller1652
oneiropolist1652
oneiromancer1653
oneiromantist1653
oneirocrite1693
oneiroscopist1727
oneirologist1834
1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 225 The Queen..related the dream to an Oneiromancer.
1872 M. Collins Brit. Birds 56 The material answer no oneiromancer Could have guessed.
1952 G. Sarton Hist. Sci. I. xiv. 371 There are two kinds of dreams, those of divine origin, which concern oneiromancers, and those of physiologic origin.
1991 Renaissance Q. 44 639 (heading) Romancers and Oneiromancers: Dream Theory in Cervantes.
1997 B. M. Levinson Deut. & Hermeneutics of Legal Innovation iv. 103 Deut. 13:2-6 concerns incitement to apostasy by a mantic prophet or oneiromancer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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