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Definition of Mind reader

1. Noun. Someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly.

2. Noun. A magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice).

Definition of Mind reader

1. Noun. (alternative form of mind-reader) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mind Reader

mind-set mind bleach mind blindness mind boggler mind control mind game mind games mind map mind maps mind one's own business

mind one's p's and q's mind out mind over matter mind pain mind reader (current term) mind rhyme mind rhymes mind share mind the gap mind the store

mind you mind your own beeswax mindbending mindblindness mindblower mindblowers mindblowing mindblown mindboggling

Literary usage of Mind reader

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Typical Newspaper Stories by Harry Franklin Harrington (1915)
"The indirect lighting system was his downfall. — New York World A DOG mind reader Hector is a ... He is only a dog, but he is a mind reader just the same. ..."

2. Captain Lettarblair: A Comedy in Three Acts by Marguerite Merington (1906)
"Merivale, you're a mind-reader! MERIVALE Well, Litton, do you like me? LITTON Folds arms on table. Imitating Merivale. Merivale—I do not. MERIVALE Why? ..."

3. The Sieve: Or, Revelations of the Man Mill, Being the Truth about American by Feri Felix Weiss (1921)
"... XVII THE MIND-READER THIS business about names and addresses and similar questions may seem monotonous and foolish, and perhaps unnecessary to some. ..."

4. Some Recollections of a Long Life by Edgar Jay Sherman (1908)
"Come with me and see a mind reader, ... I started then, with a friend of mine, with Mr. Nicholson, where he said he was going, to see the mind reader. ..."

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