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Prophetess

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A woman who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom the will of a god is expressed.

n. A woman predictor; a woman soothsayer.

n. The chief spokeswoman of a movement or cause. See Usage Note at -ess.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A female prophet.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A female prophet.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A female prophet; a woman who speaks with inspiration or foretells future events.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a woman prophet

Word Usage

"Similarly, the gift of Esther, the prophetess, is also undermined, her warnings about entering Baghdad, especially as associated with Ahab, apparently being motivated at least as much by jealousy as by spirituality."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

prophet prophesier seer vaticinator oracle

Cross Reference

predictor

Hyponym

Cassandra

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

voluspa sibyl

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

pythoness seer priestess soothsayers sibyl