What is "fortune teller"

Fortune \For"tune\ (f[^o]r"t[-u]n; 135), n. [F. fortune, L. fortuna; akin to fors, fortis, chance, prob. fr. ferre to bear, bring. See Bear to support, and cf. Fortuitous.]

1. The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determining human success, apportioning happiness and unhappiness, and distributing arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life.

   'T is more by fortune, lady, than by merit.
   --Shak.

   O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle.
   --Shak.

2. That which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or event in any particular undertaking; fate; destiny; as, to tell one's fortune.

   You, who men's fortunes in their faces read.
   --Cowley.

3. That which comes as the result of an undertaking or of a course of action; good or ill success; especially, favorable issue; happy event; success; prosperity as reached partly by chance and partly by effort.

   Our equal crimes shall equal fortune give.
   --Dryden.

   There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
   --Shak.

   His father dying, he was driven to seek his fortune.
   --Swift.

4. Wealth; large possessions; large estate; riches; as, a gentleman of fortune.

   Syn: Chance; accident; luck; fate.

   Fortune book, a book supposed to reveal future events to those who consult it.
   --Crashaw.

   Fortune hunter, one who seeks to acquire wealth by marriage.

   Fortune teller, one who professes to tell future events in the life of another.

   Fortune telling, the practice or art of professing to reveal future events in the life of another.

n. (alternative spelling of fortuneteller English)

n. a person who foretells your personal future [syn: fortuneteller]

A fortune teller is someone who practices fortune-telling.

Fortune teller may also refer to:

"Fortune Teller" is a song written by Allen Toussaint under the pseudonym Naomi Neville and first recorded by Benny Spellman (single B-side on Minit Records 644)

It tells the story of a young man who is pleased to learn from a fortune teller that he will find love "When the next one arrives". Next day he returns, angry that nothing has happened, but falls in love with the fortune teller. They get married and are as "happy as we could be", and he gets his "fortune told for free".

Cover versions exist by The Rolling Stones, on their first live album, Got Live If You Want It!, overdubbed with screaming girls (a scream-free version is on the compilation album More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)), The Hollies, The Stellas CBS records 1965, The Who (on the re-release of Live at Leeds), The Merseybeats, Tony Jackson, The Downliners Sect, The Iguanas, Strawberry Alarm Clock (recording as Thee Sixpence), and many others, including more recently the October 2007 album Raising Sand, performed by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.

The song was also a hit in Australia, recorded by The Throb. It was released in February 1966 and charted in the Top 5 in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Rumour has it that the Australian band were played the Rolling Stones version by their producer before they recorded their version, to get an idea of how it should sound.

Fortune Teller is the third studio album by Maltese recording artist Ira Losco. She began working on the album in summer 2007 and on 9 May 2008, a press conference was made by Ira in order to announce the official date. Fortune Teller was produced by Ira Losco herself and Howard Keith (at Jagged House).