foreteller
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The despised flower was by this raised to the position of a prophet or foreteller of events.
From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
What foreteller of spear-shower E'en within this nigh-passed hour, Swift through the rough weather rode Past the gate of this abode?
From The Story of Grettir the Strong by William Morris
As a business adviser or foreteller of the Future, I don't think he is excelled.
From There is no Death by Florence Marryatt
But I have heard say that prophetes means, not a foreteller, but an out-teller—one who declares the will of a deity, and interprets his oracles.
From Yeast: a Problem by Charles Kingsley
Originally the prophet was a foreteller and acted under the inspiration of a god, a divine seizure that was allied to madness.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow
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