foreteller

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As a business adviser or foreteller of the Future, I don't think he is excelled.

From There is no Death by Marryatt, Florence

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 Macpherson, Hector Carsewell

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 Kingsley, Charles

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 Maclaren, Alexander

This was Khosrul,—the Prophet of a creed that was to revolutionize the world,—the fanatic for a faith as yet unrevealed to men,—the dauntless foreteller of the downfall of Al-Kyris and its King!

From Ardath by Corelli, Marie