figure-caster

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɪɡə ˌkɑːstə/

Noun

figure-caster (plural figure-casters)

  1. (historical) Someone who draws up astrological figures; an astrologer.
    • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 352:
      From the later Middle Ages onwards a figure-caster discovered plying his trade among the people could expect to be brought before a church court for correction.
  2. (historical) Someone who adds up figures.
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