soothsayer
One who attempts to predict the future, using magic, intuition or intelligenceOne who attempts to predict the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner.
» Whenever he has an important decision to make, Tom always consults his soothsayer.
Vor wichtigen Entscheidungen sucht Tom immer seine Wahrsagerin auf.
Значение
значений: 4One who attempts to predict the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner.
Seher, Seherin, Wahrsager
проро́кprorók, предсказа́тельpredskazátelʹ, предсказа́тельницаpredskazátelʹnica
віщу́нviščún, проро́кprorók, прови́децьprovýdecʹ
A mantis (Mantodea spp.)
A double dart moth (Graphiphora augur).
(устаревшее)One who tells the truth; a truthful person.
- someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
Примеры
предложений: 2Whenever he has an important decision to make, Tom always consults his soothsayer.
deVor wichtigen Entscheidungen sucht Tom immer seine Wahrsagerin auf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The soothsayer warned Caesar to "beware the ides of March."
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
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Происхождение
From Middle English sothsaier, zothziggere, by surface analysis, sooth (“truth”) + sayer.From Middle English sothsaier, zothziggere, by surface analysis, sooth (“truth”) + sayer.
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Формы
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Синонимы
синонимов: 3- someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge):forecasterpredictorprognosticator