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tiresias

Main Entry:: Ti·re·si·as
Pronunciation:: \tī-ˈrē-sē-əs, -zē-\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Latin, from Greek Teiresias
Date:: 14th century

: a blind seer of Thebes who in one Greek myth is changed into a woman for several years and then changed back to a man

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