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see-er

see-er is the uncommon spelling of seer.

Meaning of seer

Noun

seer (plural seers)

  1. One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.
    • "But I must not forget to tell you that the lad was born on a Sunday, and had found a card with the four of clubs; therefore he was a seer, that is to say, he could see the supernatural people, but they could not see him."1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 185
  2. One who sees something; an eyewitness.
    • As a seer of beautiful visions, or, shall we say, of visions of the beautiful, he is never weary of celebrating the poet and his vocation.1924, Arthur Eustace Morgan, Tendencies of Modern English Drama, page 140

Forms of see-er

pluralsee-ers

Questions about see-er

What is see-er the uncommon spelling of?
See-er is the uncommon spelling of seer.

Words near see-er in the dictionary

  1. see you tomorrow
  2. see you when I see you
  3. see'st
  4. see't
  5. see-bright
  6. see-er
  7. see-ers
  8. see-saw
  9. see-sawed
  10. see-sawing
  11. see-saws

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