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Definition of "prophetess" [proph•et•ess]

  • A woman who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom the will of a god is expressed. (noun)
  • A woman predictor; a woman soothsayer. (noun)
  • The chief spokeswoman of a movement or cause. See Usage Note at -ess. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "prophetess" in a sentence
  • "Similarly, the gift of Esther, the prophetess, is also undermined, her warnings about entering Baghdad, especially as associated with Ahab, apparently being motivated at least as much by jealousy as by spirituality."
  • "The prophetess is forgotten for the voices that speak through her."
  • "The policy of Barak, then, to have the presence of the prophetess is perfectly intelligible as it would no less stimulate the valor of the troops, than sanction, in the eyes of Israel, the uprising against an oppressor so powerful as Jabin."