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southsayer

southsayer is the obsolete form of soothsayer.

Meaning of soothsayer

Noun

soothsayer (plural soothsayers)

  1. One who attempts to predict the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner.
    • It is a great pleasure to be with you today and to speak to you concerning the future of medicine. In so doing, I do not wish to pose as a soothsayer or crystal gazer.1951 March, John W. Cline, “The Future of Medicine”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 3, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 165
  2. A mantis (Mantodea spp.)
  3. (obsolete) One who tells the truth; a truthful person.
  4. A double dart moth (Graphiphora augur).

Forms of southsayer

pluralsouthsayers

Questions about southsayer

What is southsayer the obsolete form of?
Southsayer is the obsolete form of soothsayer.

Words near southsayer in the dictionary

  1. southrons
  2. Southrop
  3. souths
  4. southsaid
  5. southsay
  6. southsayer
  7. southsayers
  8. southsaying
  9. southsays
  10. Southsea
  11. southside

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Adapted from Wiktionary: southsayer (page history and authors); soothsayer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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