foreteller
Example Sentences
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In all high-strung Irish souls there is a bit of the old wife, the foreteller; the gift of prescience; and Kitty possessed this in a mild degree.
From The Drums of Jeopardy by Harold MacGrath
Then, again, the word prophet has come to be associated with the thought of a foreteller of future events.
From Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series by Hector Carsewell Macpherson
"As you've already reminded me, I am no foreteller of the future."
From The High School Boys' Training Hike by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
The despised flower was by this raised to the position of a prophet, or foreteller of events.
From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
The prophet was more than a foreteller, as is being continually insisted upon nowadays.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Alexander Maclaren
