n. One who studies, or is an expert in, physiognomy; one who studies the outer appearance of the person (primarily the face) to acquire knowledge of the inner personality.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Same as physiognomy, 1.
n. One skilled in physiognomy.
n. One who tells fortunes by physiognomy.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One skilled in physiognomy
Word Usage
"[Headnote 1: LA VA 'TER, (John Gaspar,) a celebrated physiognomist, that is, one skilled in the art of determining character by the external features, born in Zurich, in 1741.]"