fortune-teller

[ fawr-chuh n-tel-er ]

/ ˈfɔr tʃənˌtɛl ər /

a person who claims the ability to predict the future.

Origin of fortune-teller

First recorded in 1580–90; fortune + teller

It seems as though every expert, government agency, and fortune-teller has a different guess.

The New York Connection to Iran's Weapons Procurement |Dan Rather |September 15, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Gorton has said so much about a fortune-teller he has several times consulted, that I went with him and had my fortune told.

Diary of an Enlisted Man |Lawrence Van Alstyne
"That is all I have to tell you," said the fortune-teller abruptly.

The Errand Boy |Horatio Alger
The fortune-teller was one of the older girls, who did it very cleverly.

Betty Lee, Sophomore |David Goodger (goodger@python.org)

So he said; yet he changed his mind through the influence of a fortune-teller, hired to tell what pleased her employers best.

The Mysteries of All Nations |James Grant
The fortune-teller rang—a little servant-girl let her in, and then went to wait in the room where the gentlemen were.

The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete |Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe

fortune-teller

a person who makes predictions about the future as by looking into a crystal ball, reading palms, etc

fortune-telling, adjective, noun