foreteller

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As a business adviser or foreteller of the Future, I don't think he is excelled.

From There is no Death by Marryatt, Florence

Then, again, the word prophet has come to be associated with the thought of a foreteller of future events.

From Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series by Macpherson, Hector Carsewell

Originally the prophet was a foreteller and acted under the inspiration of a god, a divine seizure that was allied to madness.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris

But I have heard say that prophetes means, not a foreteller, but an out-teller—one who declares the will of a deity, and interprets his oracles. 

From Yeast: a Problem by Kingsley, Charles

"I am what you might call a mind reader, a mystic, a foreteller of future events."

From Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range by Young, Clarence