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prophesier

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person who makes prophecies or foretells the future; a prophet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1811, George Canning, “On the Report of the Bullion Committee,” speech given on 8 May, 1811, in Robert Walsh (editor), Select Speeches of the Right Honourable George Canning, Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley, 1853, p. 141, Never did the wildest and most hostile prophesier of ruin to the finances of this country venture to predict that a time should come, when, by the avowal of Parliament, nominal amount in paper, without reference to any real standard value in gold, would be the payment of the public creditor.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

an authoritative person who divines the future

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prophet, oracle, seer, vaticinator

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: diviner

Narrower terms: augur, auspex, prophetess, sibyl

History

Etymology

From prophesy + -er.