† conˈjector Obs.
Also -ere, -our.
[a. AF. conjectour, OF. -eur, ad. L. conjector, agent-n. from conjicĕre: see above.]
One who conjectures; a soothsayer, diviner, guesser; cf. conject v. 1, 2.
| 1388 Wyclif Prov. xxiii. 7 Of a fals dyuynour and of a coniectere [1382 a fals castere]. 1552 Lyndesay Monarch iv. 5268 Be diuers coniectouris, And principall Expositouris. 1642 Milton Apol. Smect. 77 He pretends to be a great conjector at [v.r. of] other men by their writings. 1652 Gaule Magastrom. 308 When he saw the Vaticinators, Conjectors, Aruspects. 1677 Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iii. 137 Worthy of a conjector of Dreams. |