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(Latin: diviner, soothsayer; a member of the college of priests in Rome, who foretold the future; in ancient Rome, a priest who foretold events by interpreting omens)
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soothsayer (s) (noun), soothsayers (pl)
1. Someone who claims to predict the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner: Adam told Eve that a soothsayer said he would inherit a fortune from an inheritance.

Synonyms of soothsayer include: a prophet, a diviner, an oracle, a fortune-teller.

2. Etymology: from Middle English sothseiere, "one who makes prophecies or predictions" or who speaks sooth, "truth".
A prophet or one who claims to foretell future events.
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