"foreteller" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foretellers [plural]
Etymology: From foretell + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|foretell|er|id2=agent noun}} foretell + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} foreteller (plural foretellers)
  1. Someone who foretells. Synonyms: prognosticator, prophet, seer, oracle Translations (someone who foretells): Wahrsager [masculine] (German), Wahrsagerin [feminine] (German), Hellseher [masculine] (German), Hellseherin [feminine] (German), پیشگو (pišgu) (Persian), wróżbiarz [masculine] (Polish), wróżbita [masculine] (Polish), wróż [masculine] (Polish), mbashiri (Swahili), kâhin (Turkish), medyum (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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