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foreshower

foreshower noun: one who, or that which, foreshows; a prophet or omen.

Noun

foreshower (plural foreshowers)

  1. (archaic) One who, or that which, foreshows; a prophet or omen.
    • “Ay, ay, a dream, quotha! dreams are but the foreshowers of the future, my mistress.”1842 February, Frances Elizabeth Davis, “Memories of Gibraltar, No. IX: The Merchant’s Daughter”, in The Metropolitan Magazine, volume 33, number 130, page 283

Forms of foreshower

pluralforeshowers
alternative formforeshewer

Origin of foreshower

From foreshow + -er.

Questions about foreshower

What does foreshower mean?
Foreshower means one who, or that which, foreshows; a prophet or omen.
What part of speech is foreshower?
Foreshower is a noun.
What is the plural of foreshower?
The plural of foreshower is foreshowers.

Words near foreshower in the dictionary

  1. foreshots
  2. foreshoulder
  3. foreshoulders
  4. foreshow
  5. foreshowed
  6. foreshower
  7. foreshowers
  8. foreshowing
  9. foreshowings
  10. foreshown
  11. foreshows

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