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Noun: phrenologist  fru'nó-lu-jist
  1. Someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull
    "In the 19th century, phrenologists were popular despite the lack of scientific evidence";
    - craniologist

Derived forms: phrenologists

Type of: charlatan, mountebank

Encyclopedia: Phrenologist