palm reading; palm reader; palmist
Refers both to the practice of palm reading and to a person who reads palms. Context determines whether it means the act or the practitioner.
She had her palm read by a palm reader.
It seems my grandfather worked as a palm reader when he was young.
Compound of 手相 (palm lines) and 見 (seeing, reading). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word transparently means 'palm reader' or 'palm reading'.