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Definitions for soothsayer
ˈsuθˌseɪ ərsooth·say·er
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Princeton's WordNet
forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayernoun
someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
Wiktionary
soothsayernoun
One who tells the truth; a truthful person.
soothsayernoun
One who predicts the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner.
soothsayernoun
A mantis or rearhorse.
Etymology: From sothsaier, zothziggere, equivalent to.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Soothsayernoun
A foreteller; a predicter; a prognosticator.
Etymology: from soothsay.
Scarce was Musidorus made partaker of this oft blinding light, when there were found numbers of soothsayers who affirmed strange and incredible things should be performed by that child. Philip Sidney.
A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March. William Shakespeare.
He was animated to expect the papacy by the prediction of a soothsayer, that one should succeed pope Leo, whose name should be Adrian, an aged man of mean birth, and of great learning and wisdom. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.
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soothsayer
A soothsayer is a person who is believed to have the ability to predict the future, often through perceived supernatural or spiritual insights. This term is usually associated with practices like fortune-telling, divination, or prophecy.
Webster Dictionary
Soothsayernoun
one who foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a prognosticator
Soothsayernoun
a mantis
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of soothsayer in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of soothsayer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of soothsayer in a Sentence
The ides of March are come. Soothsayer: Ay, Caesar; but not gone.
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- عرافArabic
- SeherGerman
- μάντιςGreek
- adivinoSpanish
- ennustajaFinnish
- prophétesse, devin, prophèteFrench
- գուշակArmenian
- spákona, spámaðurIcelandic
- indovino, sortilego, indovinaItalian
- 占い師Japanese
- haruspexLatin
- profeet, toekomstvoorspelster, waarzegster, wittiger, waarzegger, toekomstvoorspellerDutch
- spåmannNorwegian
- adivinho, adivinhaPortuguese
- пророкRussian
- гатар, gatar, гатара, gataraSerbo-Croatian
- spåman, sierska, siare, spåkvinnaSwedish
- kahin, falcıTurkish
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