Seer
['siːə;sɪə] or [sɪr]
Definition
(noun.) an observer who perceives visually; 'an incurable seer of movies'.
Typist: Wolfgang--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Sore; painful.
(n.) One who sees.
(n.) A person who foresees events; a prophet.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Prophet, foreteller, predictor, soothsayer, vaticinator.
Checker: Melanie
Definition
n. one who foresees events: a prophet: a soothsayer.—n. Seer′ship.
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Examples
- Whether he will or not, the seer is powerless to predict: on that subject there has been no open vision. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was before this supreme seer that the panorama of terrestrial creation was displayed during a five years' voyage. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The dreaded hour, the post-hour, was nearing, and I sat waiting it, much as a ghost-seer might wait his spectre. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Not a bad purchase for Rosedale, though: attracts attention, and awes the Western sight-seer. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Arl in white--as a ghaist should be, answered the ghost-seer, with a confidence beyond his years. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It's a pity he should break his neck himself, and disappoint the sight-seers. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- If thou be changed into this shape by the will of God, say the seers to the enchanted, in the wise Arabian stories, then remain so! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He thinks you both capital ghost-seers, and very brave. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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