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plural soothsayers
One who predicts the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner. quotations examples
It is a great pleasure to be with you today and to speak to you concerning the future of medicine. In so doing, I do not wish to pose as a soothsayer or crystal gazer.
1951 March, John W. Cline, “The Future of Medicine”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 3, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 165
The past twenty years have seen their share of soothsayers ready to predict with conviction one extreme or another of the alternative futures I have presented.
1988, Shoshana Zuboff, In the Age of the Smart Machine, New York: Basic Books, page 7
A mantis (Mantodea spp.) examples
(obsolete) One who tells the truth; a truthful person.
A double dart moth (Graphiphora augur). examples