Soothsayer
['suːθseɪə]
Definition
(n.) One who foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a prognosticator.
(n.) A mantis.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Seer, foreteller, predictor, prophet, diviner, haruspice, vaticinator, sorcerer, necromancer.
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Examples
- I do not believe in ogres, soothsayers, fortune tellers, or chicken-crut gypsy witchcraft. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But if I were, do you know what soothsayers I would consult? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But Greece, like most of the Eastern world in the thousand years B.C., was much addicted to consulting _oracles_ or soothsayers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I do not believe in ogres, nor soothsayers, nor in the supernatural things. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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