seeress

[ seer-is ]

noun

1. a woman who prophesies future events.

Gender Note

See -ess.

Word History and Origins

Origin of seeress¹

First recorded in 1835–45; seer ¹ + -ess

Example Sentences

She refrained from adding that she did not intend to make use of the seeress's gift for her own benefit.

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Not one woman said to herself that she had been tricked into giving the seeress a "lead."

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The mysterious current had been severed by the diversion, and had slowly to be rewoven by the seeress's will.

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It was forbidden to speak to the seeress in the midst of a vision, but Constance forgot in the strain of her excitement.

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Mrs. Crane's face, as she gazed upward, her eyes filled with tears, was like that of a seeress or prophetess.

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Related Words

• prognosticator
• seer
• witch