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
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
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
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
