foreteller

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In all high-strung Irish souls there is a bit of the old wife, the foreteller; the gift of prescience; and Kitty possessed this in a mild degree.

From The Drums of Jeopardy by MacGrath, Harold

The despised flower was by this raised to the position of a prophet or foreteller of events.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

"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

This woman for many years was a foreteller of future events.

From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James

The despised flower was by this raised to the position of a prophet, or foreteller of events.

From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)