Diviner

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Diviner \Di*vin"er\, n.
     1. One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict
        events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means.
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              The diviners have seen a lie, and have told false


              dreams; they comfort in vain.         --Zech. x. 2.
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     2. A conjecture; a guesser; one who makes out occult things.
        --Locke.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  diviner
       n : someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid
           of supernatural powers

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "diviner":
     Cassandra, Comus, Druid, Faust, astrologer, augur, calamity howler,
     conjurer, crystal gazer, diabolist, divinator, divineress, dowser,
     forecaster, foreknower, foreseer, foreshower, foreteller,
     fortuneteller, geomancer, haruspex, miracle-worker, necromancer,
     palmist, predictor, prefigurer, presager, prognosticator,
     prophesier, prophet, prophet of doom, prophetess, psychic,
     pythoness, religious prophets, seer, seeress, soothsayer, sorcerer,
     thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, theurgist, vates, warlock, water witch,
     weather prophet, wizard