seer

Definition

One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.

Etymology

From Middle English seere, equivalent to see + -er (“agent suffix”).

Example Sentences

• ""But I must not forget to tell you that the lad was born on a Sunday, and had found a card with the four of clubs; therefore he was a seer, that is to say, he could see the supernatural people, but they could not see him.""
• "As a seer of beautiful visions, or, shall we say, of visions of the beautiful, he is never weary of celebrating the poet and his vocation."