seer
1[see-er for 1; seer for 2–4]
noun
a person who sees; observer.
a person who prophesies future events; prophet: Industry seers predicted higher profits.
a person endowed with profound moral and spiritual insight or knowledge; a wise person or sage who possesses intuitive powers.
a person who is reputed to have special powers of divination, as a crystal gazer or palmist.
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Origin of seer
1Synonyms for seer
seer
2[seer, sair]
noun
Origin of seer
2First recorded in 1610–20
ser
or seer
[seer, sair]
noun
Origin of ser
Borrowed into English from Hindi around 1810–20
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Contemporary Examples of seer
Bob Dylan makes the theory of relativity worth caring about at all: he is a seer.
Historical Examples of seer
How dove I know where the 'seer lives at this hour o' the night?
Then Arexion the seer sacrificed, and at the first essay the victims were favourable.
AnabasisXenophon
The vision seen in the crystal does not exist objectively, but only in the mind of the seer.
TelepathyW. W. Baggally
Perhaps, had that seer of the future been a friend, I should have been secretly saddened.
Some ReminiscencesJoseph Conrad
The name "seer" indicates the nature of this kind of prophecy.
History of ReligionAllan Menzies
seer
1noun
seer
2noun
ser
seer
noun
Word Origin for ser
from Hindi
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