Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that sees.
- noun A clairvoyant.
- noun A prophet.
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
sere . - An obsolete spelling of
sear . - noun One who sees.
- noun A prophet; a person who foresees or foretells future events.
- noun Specifically, one supposed to be gifted with second sight.
- noun = Syn.2. Soothsayer, etc. See
prophet . - noun An East Indian weight, of varying value in different places, but officially determined in the Presidency of Bengal to be equal to 80 tolas, or about 2½ pounds troy.
- noun In Bombay, a dry measure equal to 1.41 liters; in Ceylon, a liquid measure equal to 1.14 liters.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who sees.
- adjective Prov. Eng. Sore; painful.
- noun A person who foresees events; a prophet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Agent noun ofsee ; one who sees something; aneyewitness . - noun Someone who
foretells thefuture ; aclairvoyant ,prophet ,soothsayer ordiviner . - noun Alternative form of
sihr .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an authoritative person who divines the future
- noun an observer who perceives visually
- noun a person with unusual powers of foresight
Etymologies
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Examples
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But the age of Samuel required more solid qualifications in the prophets, and hence the term seer had already given way to that of expounder or master of eloquence and wisdom.
Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell 1814
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Then the fresh faces and smart uniforms disappeared, and now the nearest approach to "militarism" which Paris offers to the casual sight-seer is the occasional drilling of a handful of piou-pious on the muddy reaches of the Place des Invalides.
Fighting France 1915
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While the prophet "speaks" in the Spirit, the apocalyptic seer is in the Spirit in his whole person.
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He was going to be the one true "seer" -- poke fun at the soft underbelly of politics, keeping us smiling and "in the know" -- the "shysters" wouldn't stand a chance with Jon Stewart on guard!
Mike Hegedus: Jon, You're Wrong. It is a Game, and You're a Player! 2009
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But in the end it wasn’t because they were gone, but because she had been a seer from the start.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Kynnaston’s Review Forum 2009
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The king's interpretation of said vision leads in turn to very successful military campaign, which in turn leads to the young prince being dubbed a seer and prophet.
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One day I talked her out of going to see him and hang out at the dorms instead. "ok", she said, and went to call the seer to cancel the appointment…
Debunking Astrology: Mars Can't Influence You | Universe Today 2010
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It's a thing called seer training, which is survival, escape, resistance, and then evasion.
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So this was really drawn from something called a seer (ph) database, and this is a database that looks at outcomes in selective populations around the country, regions of the country.
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Phil's fans travel from near and far for a glimpse of the so-called seer of seers, fans like South Carolinians Richard and Joanne Hudson, who came face-to-face with Phil while driving through Pennsylvania.
fbharjo commented on the word seer
Etymology: Hindi ser; perhaps akin to Persian seer. a unit of weight
August 31, 2009