diviner

noun di·vin·er \ də-ˈvī-nər \

|Updated on: 20 Jun 2018

Examples: diviner in a Sentence

Definition of diviner

1 : a person who practices divination : soothsayer

2 : a person who divines the location of water or minerals

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Examples of diviner in a Sentence

Diviners foretold of the event.
somehow the diviner failed to foresee her own misfortunes with the law

Recent Examples of diviner from the Web

And summoning Paimon in particular might be an especially difficult process, according Dr. Alexander Cummins, a historian and diviner.

— madeleine aggeler, The Cut, "‘It’s Pretty Involved’: Witches Explain How to Summon the Demon From Hereditary," 15 June 2018
Now diviners, instead of growing into maji, have become an underclass, heavily taxed and oppressed by a government who calls them maggots.

— constance grady, Vox, "If Children of Blood and Bone is the next big thing in YA, we’re all very lucky," 30 Mar. 2018
But when a mysterious scroll falls into the hands of Amari, a defiant princess, and Zélie, a tenacious diviner warrior, the two young women set out on a thrilling, death-defying journey to restore magic and take back the throne.

— jennifer hubert swan, New York Times, "New Y.A. Books by Women of Color Rewrite Old Cultural Scripts," 2 Mar. 2018
Born with snow white hair and deep brown skin in the imaginary country of Orïsha, young diviners morph into mighty, magic-wielding maji, or magicians, at 13.

— jennifer hubert swan, New York Times, "New Y.A. Books by Women of Color Rewrite Old Cultural Scripts," 2 Mar. 2018
Enter local diviner Seo Doyoon (Lee Seung-gi), who's charged with finding the princess love by analyzing compatible astrological data, personal energies and destinies.

— gary goldstein, latimes.com, "Tonal confusion abounds in Korean romantic comedy 'The Princess and the Matchmaker'," 9 Mar. 2018
Water diviners and well-drilling companies in the area are booked out nearly a year; neighbors are going down many hundreds of feet to find water.

— mike sager, Esquire, "Growing Almonds in the Desert," 25 Feb. 2015
To interpret the bones, diviners would heat them until cracks formed on the surface.

— jason daley, Smithsonian, "Museum Offers $15,000 Per Character to Decipher Oracle Bone Script," 26 July 2017
Water diviners and well-drilling companies in the area are booked out nearly a year

— mike sager, Esquire, "Growing Almonds in the Desert," 25 Feb. 2015

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First Known Use of diviner

14th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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diviner Synonyms

Synonyms

augur, forecaster, foreseer, foreteller, fortune-teller, futurist, prognosticator, prophesier, prophet, seer, soothsayer, visionary;

Related Words

prophetess, sibyl;

mystic, oracle;

DIVINER Defined for English Language Learners

diviner

noun

Definition of diviner for English Language Learners

: a person who uses special powers to predict future events
: a person who searches for water under the ground by using a special stick (called a divining rod)