dowser

English

Etymology

dowse +‎ -er

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdæʊzə/
Rhymes: -aʊzə(r)

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 (fr) m, baguettisante f, sourcier (fr) m, sourcière (fr) f, radiesthésiste (fr) m or 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 or f (ravdoskópos)
Ido: hidroskopo (io)

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

See also

rhabdomancy

References

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

Anagrams

Dowers, Sowder, dowers, drowse, sworde, wordes, worsed

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