noun · rare

diviner

diviner · diviners

Hellseher, Hellseherin, Wahrsager, Wahrsagerin

One who foretells the futureOne who foretells the future.

UK/dɪˈvaɪnə(ɹ)/US/dɪˈvaɪnɚ/

» The Ying Yang diviner may not predict his own fate.

Meaning

3 senses

One who foretells the future.
Hellseher, Hellseherin, Wahrsager
One who divines or conjectures.
One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.
Rutengänger, Rutengängerin, Wünschelrutengänger

More definitions

someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers

Examples

1 sentences

The Ying Yang diviner may not predict his own fate.
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Translations

2 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 2

one who foretells the future:

one who searches for underground water:

Origin

From Middle English divinour, from Latin dīvīnātor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”)

From Middle English divinour, from Latin dīvīnātor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”), from dīvīnāre (“to foresee, to foretell”). Doublet of divinator. Equivalent to divine + -er.

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Forms

plural: diviners

Singular	diviner
Plural	diviners

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms

one who foretells the future:prophetC1 foreteller seer soothsayerfortune-teller

one who searches for underground water:water diviner dowser

Word family

4 related words