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ˈprophecy-ˌmonger
[f. prec. + monger.]
One who deals in, repeats, or occupies himself with prophecies.
1655Fuller Ch. Hist. iv. ii. §46 An old prophesie among the English (observed by forrainers to be the greatest Prophecy-mongers). 1858H. W. Beecher Life Th. (1859) 32 Such to me is the Bible when the pragmatic prophecy-monger and the swinish utilitarian have toothed its fruits and craunched its blossoms. |