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[ sooth-sey-er ] / ˈsuθˌseɪ ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR soothsayer ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who professes to foretell events. Origin of soothsayerFirst recorded in 1300–50, soothsayer is from the Middle English word sothseyere, sothseyer. See sooth, say1, -er1 Words nearby soothsayersooth, soothe, soothfast, soothing, soothsay, soothsayer, soothsaying, sooty, sooty blotch, sooty grouse, sooty mold Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for soothsayerNo wonder they were often considered bad omens: no soothsayer could tell when one might appear. Comet Surfing on a Rocket|Matthew R. Francis|August 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST A soothsayer warned Julius Caesar about the Ides of March—a catastrophe looming in the middle of the month. Memorial Days After Mourning Has Passed|Alex Horton|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST But soothsayer Simon Cowell, who created and judges the show, saw the future. One Direction Is a Boy Band That Proves You Can Be Both Famous and Unknown|Kevin Fallon|August 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST The Rapture did not come to pass on May 21, but soothsayer Harold Camping has rescheduled it for this Friday. 8 Questions About the New Rapture|David A. Graham|October 20, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The grief of the royal pair is extreme, and they ask the soothsayer for advice what to do. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886)|Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco The seat of the soothsayer was placed in an eminent situation, and covered with pillows filled with the softest eider down. The Pirate|Sir Walter Scott I am no soothsayer, but I can tell which must go down in the charge, and never to hold up his head again. The Son of Clemenceau|Alexandre (fils) Dumas And yet Nicias, would you allow that you are yourself a soothsayer, or are you neither a soothsayer nor courageous? I was sure that the soothsayer was talking about me; that knave knew his business; I heartily commend him to the sex. My Neighbor Raymond (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XI)|Charles Paul de Kock
British Dictionary definitions for soothsayerCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to soothsayerdiviner, medium, forecaster, prophet, psychic, clairvoyant, oracle, augur, fortune-teller, channeller |