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diviner

[ dih-vahy-ner ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person who divines; soothsayer; prophet.
a person skilled in using a divining rod.

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Word History and Origins

1300–50; divine + -er ¹; replacing Middle English divinour < Anglo-French < Late Latin dīvīnātor soothsayer, equivalent to Latin dīvīnā ( re ) to divine + -tor -tor

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