Definition of "seeress" [seer•ess]

• A woman who acts as a prophet or clairvoyant. (noun)

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• "His uncle Padrin, as he had taken to calling the seeress consort, sat in a chair not far away."
• "Frowning puzzledly, Candra asked, “Will Farlo be called the seeress consort, too?”"
• "The folk of Gaire's Main presently used the sacred spring as a watering place for beast and household; to them the seeress was a senile beggar woman given to strange outbursts and mumbling."