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mind reader

noun

  1. a person professing the ability of mind reading, especially as a professional entertainer.


mind-reader

noun

  1. a person seemingly able to discern the thoughts of another
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈmind-ˌreading, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mind reader1

First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences

Stacked deckSubtle markings at the top left and bottom right of each of the Ellusionist Cohort Cards’ backs reveal the value and suit to help magicians look like mind readers.

And unless you are a mind reader, you will find almost no evidence of it in your local coffee shop.

I wouldn't be surprised if you grew up to be a mind reader, like that feller in the show we went to at the townhall a spell ago.

The mind-reader entered the chamber by the way we shall leave it.

But it is doubtful if an inspired mind-reader could have made anything of such thoughts as Trennahan wished to conceal.

For a long time he sat staring at it; yet it would not have required a mind-reader to tell that he made nothing of it.

But I am not a rhinoceros mind reader, and its actions were such as to warrant my regarding it as a suspicious character.

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