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Synonyms for seer

Grammar : Noun
Spell : see-er for 1; seer for 2–4
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsi ər for 1; sɪər for 2–4

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Définition of seer

Origin :
  • late 14c., "one to whom divine revelations are made," agent noun from see (v.). Originally rendering Latin videns, Greek bleptor (from Hebrew roeh) in Bible translations (e.g. I Kings ix:9). Literal sense of "one who sees" is attested from early 15c.
  • noun clairvoyant
Example sentences :
  • How dove I know where the 'seer lives at this hour o' the night?
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 » by Various
  • Then Arexion the seer sacrificed, and at the first essay the victims were favourable.
  • Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon
  • The vision seen in the crystal does not exist objectively, but only in the mind of the seer.
  • Extract from : « Telepathy » by W. W. Baggally
  • Perhaps, had that seer of the future been a friend, I should have been secretly saddened.
  • Extract from : « Some Reminiscences » by Joseph Conrad
  • The name "seer" indicates the nature of this kind of prophecy.
  • Extract from : « History of Religion » by Allan Menzies
  • It is the clear soul of the boy, the poet, and the seer which is most surely aware of it.
  • Extract from : « A Positive Romance » by Edward Bellamy
  • The rates for parching are a pice a seer or an eighth part of the grain.
  • Extract from : « The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India » by R. V. Russell
  • Then the Warlock becomes as weak as a child, “for all his strength had passed into the Seer.”
  • Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
  • The seer has at last heard and interpreted the voice in the wilderness.
  • Extract from : « My Studio Neighbors » by William Hamilton Gibson
  • This must be the tenth seer she had consulted since Hugh had been killed.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various

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