diviner
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augur, forecaster, foreseer, foreteller, fortune-teller, futurist, prognosticator, prophesier, prophet, seer, soothsayer, visionary
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When a diviner from Korea informs the emperor that his son would be a bad ruler, Genji is demoted to the status of a commoner. — Emily Ferguson, WSJ, "The Legacy of a Japanese Classic," 22 Feb. 2019 The harvest rain’s principal contribution to the origins of religion was to spawn a priestly class—diviners and shamans—to forecast or summon it. — Andrew Stark, WSJ, "‘Living With the Gods’ Review: The Gang’s All Here," 16 Nov. 2018 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. 2015These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'diviner.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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