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Craniologist

noun
1.
Someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull.  Synonym: phrenologist.






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"Craniologist" Quotes from Famous Books



... the limb bones that we know we are dealing with the graves of ancient Saxons, but by the implements, ornaments, and utensils which were buried with them. As regards shape of skull or form of bones I do not think a practised craniologist could distinguish the skulls and bones found in an ancient Saxon cemetery in Surrey from the remains of a Celtic grave in Connemara, so much are Celtic and Saxon types alike. Were we to dress one group ...
— Nationality and Race from an Anthropologist's Point of View • Arthur Keith



Words linked to "Craniologist" :   charlatan, craniology, mountebank



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