"seeress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: seeresses [plural]
Etymology: From seer + -ess. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|seer|ess}} seer + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} seeress (plural seeresses)
  1. A female seer. Categories (topical): Female, Female people, People Translations (a female seer): vědma [feminine] (Czech), věstkyně f' (Czech), spåkone [common-gender] (Danish), vølva [feminine] (Faroese), völva [feminine] (Icelandic), banfháidh [masculine] (Irish), 무당 (mudang) (Korean), adivina [feminine] (Spanish), sierska [common-gender] (Swedish), spågumma [common-gender] (Swedish), spåkvinna [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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