soothsayer n : someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) [syn: forecaster, predictor, prognosticator]

English

Noun

1. a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means

Translations

• Bosnian: gatar , gatara
• Finnish: ennustaja
• Serbian:

  Cyrillic: гатар , гатара

  Roman: gatar , gatara

See also

• prognosticator

A soothsayer is a person who claims to speak sooth: specifically one who predicts the future based upon personal, political, spiritual, mental or religious beliefs rather than scientific facts.

Typically, soothsayers include:

• Astrologers
• Augurs
• Clairvoyant
• Practitioners of divination
• Fortune tellers
• Haruspices
• Oracles
• Prophets
• Seer
• Shamans
• Hannigans

Soothsayer may also refer to:

• "Soothsayer," a song by Buckethead
• "Soothsayer," a song by The Mars Volta on their album The Bedlam in Goliath
• "Soothsayer," a 1965 Post-Bop Jazz album by composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter

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