figure-caster in English

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          "ref": "1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 352",
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        "Someone who draws up astrological figures; an astrologer."
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        "(historical) Someone who draws up astrological figures; an astrologer."
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      "glosses": [
        "Someone who adds up figures."
      ],
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          "figure",
          "figure"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) Someone who adds up figures."
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɪɡə ˌkɑːstə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "figure-caster"
}

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          "ref": "1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 352",
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        "Someone who draws up astrological figures; an astrologer."
      ],
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          "astrological",
          "astrological"
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          "figure",
          "figure"
        ],
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          "astrologer"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical) Someone who draws up astrological figures; an astrologer."
      ],
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        "historical"
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          "figure",
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        "(historical) Someone who adds up figures."
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "figure-caster"
}

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"figure-caster" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms