spaewife

/ ˈspeɪˌwəɪf /

noun

1. a woman who can supposedly foretell the future

Example Sentences

This much having said, Katheline the good spaewife fell on sleep.

From Project Gutenberg

Her mother was, we believe, the most noted spaewife of the district; and it was popularly understood that she had escaped at least three times, in semblance of an enormous hare, from the pursuit of the Laird of Lockhart's grews.

From Project Gutenberg

So the name of Spaewife was pinned to the mare, and eventually she was bred to an Australian stallion.

From Time Magazine Archive

According to McCarthy, everything turned on a mix-up over two horses, both named Spaewife.

From Time Magazine Archive

While her husband sat at his carousals, and handing the beverage to his followers and the domestics of the house, Elspeth sat examining the lines upon the palms of the hands of the maid-servants—pursuing her calling as a spaewife.

From Project Gutenberg