seeress

[ seer-is ]
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noun
  1. a woman who prophesies future events.

Origin of seeress

1
First recorded in 1835–45; seer1 + -ess

usage note For seeress

See -ess.

Words Nearby seeress

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How to use seeress in a sentence

  • She refrained from adding that she did not intend to make use of the seeress's gift for her own benefit.

    The Second Latchkey | Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
  • Not one woman said to herself that she had been tricked into giving the seeress a "lead."

    The Second Latchkey | Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
  • The mysterious current had been severed by the diversion, and had slowly to be rewoven by the seeress's will.

    The Second Latchkey | Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
  • It was forbidden to speak to the seeress in the midst of a vision, but Constance forgot in the strain of her excitement.

    The Second Latchkey | Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
  • Mrs. Crane's face, as she gazed upward, her eyes filled with tears, was like that of a seeress or prophetess.

    The Come Back | Carolyn Wells