seeress

[ seer-is ]

/ ˈsɪər ɪs /

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noun

a woman who prophesies future events.

Origin of seeress

First recorded in 1835–45; seer¹ + -ess

usage note for seeress

See -ess.

Words nearby seeress

seepage pit, seepy, seer, see reason, see red, seeress, seersucker, seesaw, see someone off, see stars, seethe

Example sentences from the Web for seeress

She refrained from adding that she did not intend to make use of the seeress's gift for her own benefit.
The Second Latchkey|Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
"Tell me something of the past," said Phil, with a view of testing the knowledge of the seeress.
The Errand Boy|Horatio Alger
The seeress takes off her dress and pronounces a curse upon Death.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, December 1898|Various
Or had she been a seeress to foresee the future of that child of sorrow!
Ishmael|Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

So Ulric stooped low and studied well the deeply graven furrows which the saga woman, the seeress, had drawn upon the sand.
Ulric the Jarl|William O. Stoddard