A person who practices or studies astrology; an astrologer, particularly in older or specialized usage.
From 'astro-' (star) + 'logi-' + '-an' (suffix forming nouns for practitioners). This variant form appears alongside other versions like 'astrologer,' creating competing terminology for the same profession.
English loves creating multiple words for the same thing with different suffixes—'astrologer,' 'astrologian,' 'astrolog'—it's like we couldn't decide which version sounded best, so we just kept all of them around!
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