diviner
AmericanEtymology
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
Vocabulary lists containing diviner
African History - Introductory
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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
Lacking recourse to the United Nations, the Moabites turned to a diviner named Balaam to curse the Israelis.
From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2020
“I have no plan when I go into the studio,” said Garry Nichols, who has a sideline as a water diviner.
From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2013
By the time Cass, a diviner who’s had disturbing visions before, returns with a policeman a second time, she has started to doubt what she saw.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2011
When the aging grandmother who grows forgetful and fears she is losing her mind comes to her, Miss Sadie, the diviner, comforts her.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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