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seers

[see-er for 1; seer for 2–4] Origin

se·er

1[see-er for 1; seer for 2–4]
noun
1.
a person who sees; observer.
2.
a person who prophesies future events; prophet: Industry seers predicted higher profits.
3.
a person endowed with profound moral and spiritual insight or knowledge; a wise person or sage who possesses intuitive powers.
4.
a person who is reputed to have special powers of divination, as a crystal gazer or palmist.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see see1, -er1


2. oracle, soothsayer, augur.

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seer

2[seer, sair]
noun

Origin:
1610–20
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Word Origin & History

seer
late 14c., "one to whom divine revelations are made," from see (v.). Originally rendering L. videns, Gk. bleptor (from Heb. roeh) in Bible translations (e.g. I Kings ix.9). Lit. sense of "one who sees" is attested from early 15c.
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