"presager" meaning in English

See presager in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: presagers [plural]
Etymology: From presage + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|presage|er}} presage + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} presager (plural presagers)
  1. One who, or that which, presages; a foreteller; a foreboder.

Inflected forms

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