diviner
Americannoun
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diviners
plural
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a person who divines; soothsayer; prophet.
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a person skilled in using a divining rod.
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Noun Inflected Forms
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
The water diviner will soon be positioned directly over the subway.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2012
“If I cure you, will you stop doing that?” the diviner asked.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
But from a TV or filmgoer's point of view, Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil are fascinating diviners of human weakness and strategists on how best to exploit them.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2022
In one nook you’ll see “Arachnomancy,” a deck of tarot cards printed with ink made from particulate matter that pays tribute to the spider diviners of Cameroon.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2022
In ancient China, hermits were shamans, herbalists and diviners.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 15, 2017
These diviners serve as business consultants and therapists, though loudspeakers near Lama Temple blare weekend warnings about fraud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2017
“Because I know what my father knew. And his father before him. It is what diviners know.”
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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