A woman believed to be possessed by a spirit and to be able to forsee the future; a female soothsayer; a witch. Also figurative.

= pythoness, n.

A person thought to be inhabited and controlled by a demon; a possessed person; (also) a person suffering from mental illness or madness (said to…

A person (supposedly) possessed by a demon; = demoniac, n. 1. Obsolete.

A spirit which takes possession of a person; a familiar, esp. one with powers of prophesy. Also: a person possessed by and uttering the words of…

A person thought to be possessed by a devil or demon. Now chiefly in historical contexts.

One who appears to speak in the belly, a ventriloquist.

a person thought to be possessed by a devil or demon; = sense 1.

= engastrimyth, n.

A person who claims knowledge of or familiarity with demonic possession.