wonder-workers

noun

plural of wonder-worker
as in occultists

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  1. shamans
  2. seers
  3. prophets
  4. soothsayers
  5. diviners
  6. fortune-tellers
  7. sorceresses
Noun
  • That means kicking off with the sacred mountain where shamans perform mudang rituals, the spiritual tradition at the heart of the storyline, and then using that inspiration to step into the soundproof studio to put your vocal chops to the test.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Ochre figures of hunters, eland, and dancing shamans come into focus.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of shamans
Noun
  • Not in seers, not in sibyls, not in spirits from the great beyond.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
  • Laqueur’s book dwells on the way that canines often function in art—as seers of things that people miss.
    — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
Definition of seers
Noun
  • This eight-part series takes a look at the history of four Korean leaders who claimed to be prophets.
    — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026
  • But those concerns didn’t stop groups of Catholics from joining a recent joyous pilgrimage on Mount Tabor, where the Gospels say Jesus appeared transfigured alongside the Jewish prophets Moses and Elijah.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of prophets
Noun
  • The three soothsayers whose guesses come closest to the actual results will be crowned with a Cinematrix hat, as modeled by Real Housewives of Atlanta peach turned friend-of Cynthia Bailey.
    — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 10 June 2026
  • Just beyond the respectable edges of Paris, among the soothsayers and strongmen, works Suzanne (Anaïs Demoustier).
    — Ben Croll, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
Definition of soothsayers
Noun
  • Ancient Chinese scholars made records of solar eclipses, and diviners made prophecies during these auspicious events.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of diviners
Noun
  • This is where the city stages its daily open-air show — street artists sketching portraits, fortune-tellers shuffling cards and musicians playing for appreciative crowds.
    — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Street artists and fortune-tellers set up here daily, creating a scene that feels spontaneous every time.
    — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of fortune-tellers
Noun
  • Decades before portraying one of literature’s greatest sorceresses in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, Samantha Morton was a magician’s assistant.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 19 July 2026
  • But unlike Odysseus, who survives being waylaid by giants, sorceresses, nymphs, and numerous other distractions, Nolan himself becomes dragged down by the details of his Odyssey.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 July 2026
Definition of sorceresses
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