"soothsayer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsuθˌseɪɚ/ [General-American], /ˈsuːθˌseɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-soothsayer.oga [US] Forms: soothsayers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English sothsaier, zothziggere, by surface analysis, sooth (“truth”) + sayer. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sothsaier}} Middle English sothsaier, {{m|enm|zothziggere}} zothziggere, {{surf|en|sooth|sayer|nocap=1|t1=truth}} by surface analysis, sooth (“truth”) + sayer Head templates: {{en-noun}} soothsayer (plural soothsayers)
  1. One who attempts to predict the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner. Categories (topical): People Translations (one who predicts the future): μάντις (mántis) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), χρησμῳδός (khrēsmōidós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), عَرَّاف (ʕarrāf) [masculine] (Arabic), بَصّار (baṣṣār) [masculine] (Arabic), مُتَنبِّئ [masculine] (Arabic), مُتَكَهِّن (mutakahhin) [masculine] (Arabic), գուշակ (gušak) (Armenian), adivín (Asturian), vidente (Asturian), вяшчу́н (vjaščún) [masculine] (Belarusian), праро́к (prarók) [masculine] (Belarusian), празо́рлівец (prazórlivjec) [masculine] (Belarusian), прадказа́льнік (pradkazálʹnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), profed [masculine] (Breton), divinour [masculine] (Breton), diviner [masculine] (Breton), предсказател (predskazatel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), гадател (gadatel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 預言家 (Chinese Mandarin), 预言家 (yùyánjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), 算命家 (suànmìngjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), věštec [masculine] (Czech), spåmand [common-gender] (Danish), seer [common-gender] (Danish), waarzegger [masculine] (Dutch), waarzegster [feminine] (Dutch), wittiger [masculine] (Dutch), toekomstvoorspeller [feminine] (Dutch), toekomstvoorspelster [feminine] (Dutch), profeet [masculine] (Dutch), ennustaja (Finnish), prophète [masculine] (French), prophétesse [feminine] (French), devin [masculine] (French), adiviño [masculine] (Galician), agoireiro [masculine] (Galician), Seher [masculine] (German), Seherin [feminine] (German), Wahrsager [masculine] (German), Wahrsagerin [feminine] (German), Zeichendeuter [masculine] (German), Spökenkieker [masculine] (German), Hellseher [masculine] (German), μάντις (mántis) (Greek), jós (Hungarian), spámaður [masculine] (Icelandic), spákona [feminine] (Icelandic), fáistineach [masculine] (Irish), fáidh [masculine] (Irish), fáidheadóir [masculine] (Irish), mathmharc [masculine] (Irish), fear feasa [masculine] (Irish), bean feasa [feminine] (Irish), indovino [masculine] (Italian), indovina [feminine] (Italian), 占い師 (uranaishi) (alt: うらないし) (Japanese), mũragũri [class-1] (Kikuyu), 점쟁이 (jeomjaeng'i) (Korean), vātēs [feminine, masculine] (Latin), python [masculine] (Latin), pythonissa [feminine] (Latin), претска́жувач (pretskážuvač) [masculine] (Macedonian), га́талец (gátalec) [masculine] (Macedonian), faaishnagh [feminine] (Manx), fallogyssagh (Manx), guess (Manx), spåmann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), spåkone [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), spåmann [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), spåkone [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), spæwīfe [feminine] (Old English), spákona [feminine] (Old Norse), Woasaja [masculine] (Plautdietsch), wieszcz [masculine] (Polish), prorok [masculine] (Polish), wieszczek [masculine] (Polish), adivinho [masculine] (Portuguese), adivinha [feminine] (Portuguese), проро́к (prorók) [masculine] (Russian), предсказа́тель (predskazátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), предсказа́тельница (predskazátelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), прови́дец (provídec) [masculine] (Russian), прови́дица (provídica) [feminine] (Russian), прорица́тель (proricátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), прорица́тельница (proricátelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), вещу́н (veščún) [masculine] (Russian), вещу́нья (veščúnʹja) [feminine] (Russian), wizard (Scots), witter-wife [feminine] (Scots), spaer (Scots), weird-man (Scots), forteller (Scots), foreteller (Scots), saga (Scots), suthesayer (Scots), suth sayar (Scots), suithsayer (Scots), suithsayar (Scots), soothsayer (Scots), гатар [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), га̀тара [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), gatar [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), gàtara [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), veštec [masculine] (Slovak), vedež [masculine] (Slovene), prorok [masculine] (Slovene), adivino [masculine] (Spanish), adivina [feminine] (Spanish), siare [common-gender, masculine] (Swedish), sierska [common-gender, feminine] (Swedish), spåman [common-gender, masculine] (Swedish), spåkvinna [common-gender, feminine] (Swedish), falcı (Turkish), kâhin (Turkish), віщу́н (viščún) [masculine] (Ukrainian), проро́к (prorók) [masculine] (Ukrainian), прови́дець (provýdecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), прові́сник (provísnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), daroganwr [masculine] (Welsh), daroganwraig [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-soothsayer-en-noun-HF7lxEvo Disambiguation of People: 31 27 16 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 30 21 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 25 26 25 Disambiguation of 'one who predicts the future': 80 2 15 3
  2. A mantis (Mantodea spp.) Categories (topical): People Categories (lifeform): Mantids
    Sense id: en-soothsayer-en-noun-ZY2OphgJ Disambiguation of People: 31 27 16 26 Disambiguation of Mantids: 18 36 23 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 30 21 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 25 26 25
  3. (obsolete) One who tells the truth; a truthful person. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): People Translations (one who tells the truth): كاهِن (kāhin) [masculine] (Arabic), totuudenpuhuja (Finnish), suthesayer (Scots), suth sayar (Scots), suithsayer (Scots), suithsayar (Scots), soothsayer (Scots)
    Sense id: en-soothsayer-en-noun-DSpHu7Ib Disambiguation of People: 31 27 16 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 30 21 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 25 26 25 Disambiguation of 'one who tells the truth': 14 0 85 1
  4. A double dart moth (Graphiphora augur). Categories (topical): Divination, Fictional abilities, People
    Sense id: en-soothsayer-en-noun-xL2z07d5 Disambiguation of Divination: 19 18 19 44 Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 15 20 15 51 Disambiguation of People: 31 27 16 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 30 21 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 25 26 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: southsayer Related terms: soothsay, prognosticator, seer, prophet

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          "roman": "mántis",
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "khrēsmōidós",
          "sense": "one who predicts the future",
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          "word": "χρησμῳδός"
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          "sense": "one who predicts the future",
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          "word": "fáidh"
        },
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "one who predicts the future",
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      "word": "agoireiro"
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      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
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      "word": "Seher"
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      "word": "Zeichendeuter"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Hellseher"
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      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "word": "μάντις"
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      "word": "χρησμῳδός"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "word": "jós"
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      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "spákona"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fáistineach"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "fáidh"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fáidheadóir"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mathmharc"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ga",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "bean feasa"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "indovino"
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      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
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      "alt": "うらないし",
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      "word": "占い師"
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      "code": "ki",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "word": "점쟁이"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
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      "code": "la",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
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      "word": "претска́жувач"
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      "code": "gv",
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      "word": "faaishnagh"
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      "code": "gv",
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      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "word": "fallogyssagh"
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      "word": "guess"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "spæwīfe"
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      "code": "non",
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
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      "word": "Woasaja"
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      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
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      "word": "adivinho"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "проро́к"
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "предсказа́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "предсказа́тельница"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proricátelʹnica",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прорица́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "veščún",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вещу́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "veščúnʹja",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вещу́нья"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "word": "wizard"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "witter-wife"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "word": "spaer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "word": "weird-man"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "word": "forteller"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "word": "foreteller"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "word": "saga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "word": "suthesayer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "word": "suth sayar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "word": "suithsayer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "word": "suithsayar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "word": "soothsayer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гатар"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "га̀тара"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gatar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gàtara"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "veštec"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vedež"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prorok"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "adivino"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "adivina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "siare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sierska"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spåman"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spåkvinna"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "word": "falcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "word": "kâhin"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "viščún",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "віщу́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prorók",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "проро́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "provýdecʹ",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прови́дець"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "provísnyk",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прові́сник"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "daroganwr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "one who predicts the future",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "daroganwraig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kāhin",
      "sense": "one who tells the truth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كاهِن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who tells the truth",
      "word": "totuudenpuhuja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "one who tells the truth",
      "word": "suthesayer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "one who tells the truth",
      "word": "suth sayar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "one who tells the truth",
      "word": "suithsayer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "one who tells the truth",
      "word": "suithsayar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "one who tells the truth",
      "word": "soothsayer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "soothsayer"
}

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