noun
- People who practice chiromancy; those who claim to tell fortunes or reveal character by reading the lines and features of the human hand.
Usage: Plural of chiromancer; Often considered a pseudoscience or form of divination
Examples
- The fair featured several chiromancers offering readings to curious visitors.
- Medieval chiromancers believed they could predict a person's future by examining their palms.
- Some chiromancers claim that the length of your lifeline indicates how long you will live.
- The chiromancers at the carnival charged five dollars per hand reading.
- Skeptics dismiss chiromancers as charlatans who exploit people's desire to know their futures.