A person who practices palmistry, claiming to predict the future or reveal character by interpreting lines and shapes on a person's hand.
From hand + reader; combines the tradition of palmistry (from Latin 'palma' meaning palm) with reader (one who interprets), emerging as formalized practice in medieval Europe.
Handreaders were taken seriously by Renaissance nobility and nobility hired them as advisors—yet modern research shows their predictions are no better than chance, proving human belief in patterns can override actual probability.
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