Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Dowser

Dows′er

,

Noun.

1.

A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc., a dowsing rod.

[Colloq.]

2.

One who uses the dowser or divining rod.

Eng. Cyc.

Definition 2024

dowser

dowser

English

Noun

dowser ‎(plural dowsers)

A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc.; a dowsing rod.
One who uses the dowser or divining rod.

Synonyms

(person who dowses): rhabdomantist, rhabdomancer, radiesthesist

Translations

divining rod or dowsing rod

Czech: virgule (cs) f
Dutch: wichelroede (nl) f, wichelstok m
Finnish: taikavarpu (fi)
French: baguette de coudrier (fr) f, baguette de sourcier (fr) f, baguette divinatoire f

German: Wünschelrute (de) f
Swedish: slagruta (sv) c
Volapük: vaälatuigül

one who uses the dowser or divining rod

Finnish: kaivonkatsoja (fi)
French: rhabdomancien (fr) m, rhabdomancienne (fr) f, baguettisant m, baguettisante f, sourcier (fr) m, sourcière (fr) f, radiesthésiste (fr) m, f
German: Rutengänger (de) m, Rutengängerin f, Wünschelrutengänger (de) m, Wünschelrutengängerin (de) f, Wünschelrutengeher m, Wünschelrutengeherin f, Rhabdomant m, Rhabdomantin f
Greek: ραβδοσκόπος (el) m, f ‎(ravdoskópos)

Ido: hidroskopo (io)
Irish: aimsitheoir uisce m, collóir m
Italian: rabdomante (it) m, f
Polish: różdżkarz m, różdżkarka f, radiesteta m, radiestetka f
Portuguese: rabdomante m, f, vedor (pt) m
Spanish: zahorí (es) m, rabdomante (es) m, f

References

dowser in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

See also

rhabdomancy

Similar Results