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Definition of "soothsayer" [sooth•say•er]

  • One who claims to be able to foretell events or predict the future; a seer. (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 "soothsayer" in a sentence
  • "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."
  • "The interpreter translated this for Mesullam, but the soothsayer was all the while in the same suspicious and crabbed mood."