astrologer

From Middle English astrologer, astrologier, astrologere, formed from Middle English astrologie or Latin astrologus + Middle English -ere, equivalent to astrology +‎ -er. Ousted imported Middle English astrologien (“astrologer”), borrowed from Old French astrologien. Displaced Old English tungolwītga (literally “star prophet”).

• IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɒl.ə.d͡ʒɚ/

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astrologer (plural astrologers)

1. One who studies or practices astrology.

   Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler both made a living as astrologers.

   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 335:

     When witchcraft became a statutory offence again in 1563, astrologers reincurred the risk of prosecution […]

   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 130:

     Astrologers, when they observe this pattern, insist that it corresponds to the zodiacal progression. I am not an astrologer and I hold no brief for it, but I do believe the origins of astrology are not with the Chaldeans of Mesopotamia but with the hunters and gatherers of the Stone Age.

• astrologist
• astrologue

astrologer

1. indefinite plural of astrolog