soothsayer

IPA: suθsˈeɪɝ

noun

  • One who predicts the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner.
  • A mantis (Mantodea spp.)
  • (obsolete) One who tells the truth; a truthful person.
  • A double dart moth (Graphiphora augur).
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Examples of "soothsayer" in Sentences

  • Next he became a quack doctor and soothsayer.
  • A soothsayer is a person engaging in divination.
  • Sounds like the title of a horror film about a soothsayer.
  • His court was a haven for astronomers, engineers, and soothsayers.
  • In the poem, a Soothsayer visits the court of the Emperor Elfinan.
  • The King is selected after consulting the oracles and soothsayers.
  • Never trust the soothsayer with a caravan of books to unload on you.
  • Pharinet visits a soothsayer who predicts the miscarriage of her child.
  • Before claiming to be a prophetess, Sajah had a reputation as a soothsayer.
  • The peasant pretended that the hide was a soothsayer and made the raven croak.
  • Queen and a Chaldean soothsayer, which is one of the most powerful in the opera.
  • So Thebes becomes Themes, Zeus becomes Sooth (as in soothsayer) and Semele becomes Simile.
  • Upon this, Amarar called his soothsayer, and required him to name a propitious moment for the sally.
  • I never imagined in my wildest dreams that I would one day share the French word for "soothsayer" with you.
  • The interpreter translated this for Mesullam, but the soothsayer was all the while in the same suspicious and crabbed mood.
  • I'm sure that el Señor Bill Gates won't agree with Mark Anderson, but his words are spot on despite being a 20th Century soothsayer aka analyst.
  • And for the brief period where Ronan told the rest of them to get stuffed, Shane went out, got tatted up, and reinvented himself as some kind of soothsayer on Celebrity Love Island.

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