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seeress

[seer-is]
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noun
  1. a woman who prophesies future events.

Origin of seeress

First recorded in 1835–45; seer1 + -ess

Usage note

See -ess.
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Related Words for seeress

witch, seer, prognosticator, diviner, medium, sibyl, astrologer, forecaster, reader, wizard, bard, fortuneteller, soothsayer, oracle, augur, auspex, magus, clairvoyant, sorcerer, druid

Examples from the Web for seeress

Historical Examples of seeress

  • I wasn't in any mood to get married, and least of all to a seeress.

    Vigorish

    Gordon Randall Garrett

  • Here, then, we behold a new phase of Circe, that of the seeress into the Beyond.

    Homer's Odyssey

    Denton J. Snider

  • This fact was not, however, within the knowledge of the seeress.

  • But this I, the seeress, do know right well, for it was revealed to me in a dream.

    HE

    Andrew Lang

  • "Tell me something of the past," said Phil, with a view of testing the knowledge of the seeress.

    The Errand Boy

    Horatio Alger