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.
Meaning
4 sensesOne 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).
(obsolete)One who tells the truth; a truthful person.
- someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
Examples
2 sentencesWhenever he has an important decision to make, Tom always consults his soothsayer.
deVor wichtigen Entscheidungen sucht Tom immer seine Wahrsagerin auf.
The soothsayer warned Caesar to "beware the ides of March."
Translations
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Origin
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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Forms
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge):forecasterpredictorprognosticator