Synonyms

diviner

American

[dih-vahy-ner] / dɪˈvaɪ nər /

noun

a person who divines; soothsayer; prophet.
a person skilled in using a divining rod.

Etymology

Origin of diviner

1300–50; divine + -er ¹; replacing Middle English divinour < Anglo-French < Late Latin dīvīnātor soothsayer, equivalent to Latin dīvīnā ( re ) to divine + -tor -tor

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In this week’s Amicus Plus segment, Slate’s judicial diviner Mark Joseph Stern joins to talk about a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling on abortion that really took both text and history and human rights seriously.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2024

There is also Augure, a diviner who can sense the future, and from the start the omens look forbidding for the newlyweds.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021

Lacking recourse to the United Nations, the Moabites turned to a diviner named Balaam to curse the Israelis.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2020

TULSA, Okla. — The landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh is a diviner of places, a city whisperer.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2018

Then they saw how great a diviner he was and they freed and rewarded him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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