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.

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1388.  Wyclif, Prov. xxiii. 7. Of a fals dyuynour and of a coniectere [1382 a fals castere].

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1552.  Lyndesay, Monarch, IV. 5268. Be diuers coniectouris, And principall Expositouris.

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1642.  Milton, Apol. Smect., 77. He pretends to be a great conjector at [v.r. of] other men by their writings.

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1652.  Gaule, Magastrom., 303. When he saw the Vaticinators, Conjectors, Aruspects.

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1677.  Gale, Crt. Gentiles, II. III. 137. Worthy of a conjector of Dreams.

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