seer en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈsiːɐ/ (Northumbria)
- /sɪə(ɹ)/
- (UK) audio
- /ˈsiːə(ɹ)/
Etymology
From Middle English seere, equivalent to see + -er (“agent suffix”).
Meanings
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One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.
"But I must not forget to tell you that the lad was born on a Sunday, and had found a card with the four of clubs; therefore he was a seer, that is to say, he could see the supernatural people, but they could not see him."
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 185:
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One who sees something; an eyewitness.
As a seer of beautiful visions, or, shall we say, of visions of the beautiful, he is never weary of celebrating the poet and his vocation.
1924, Arthur Eustace Morgan, Tendencies of Modern English Drama, page 140:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| seeër | alternative, rare | lexicographic | |
| seers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| see-er | alternative, uncommon | lexicographic |
Deriveds
seeress · seerlike · seership · sightseer · seerhood · seercraft
Translations (109)
grc μάντις (someone who foretells the future) · sh pròrok (someone who foretells the future) · sh видовњак (someone who foretells the future) · hi प्रत्यक्षदर्शी (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) · it indovino (someone who foretells the future) · pt testemunha (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) · ast adivín (someone who foretells the future) · pl jasnowidz (someone who foretells the future) · sv siare (someone who foretells the future) · sh očevidac (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) · de Visionär (someone who foretells the future) · gl adiviño (someone who foretells the future) · hi ऋषि (someone who foretells the future) · ka წინასწარმეტყველი (someone who foretells the future) · ru свиде́тель (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) · la fatidica (someone who foretells the future) · uk прови́диця (someone who foretells the future) · mi matatuhi (someone who foretells the future) · mk про́рок (someone who foretells the future) · be празорлівец (someone who foretells the future) · lt aiškiaregys (someone who foretells the future) · fr témoin (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) · gl testemuña (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) · ota فالجی (someone who foretells the future) · it veggente (someone who foretells the future) · be празарлівец (someone who foretells the future) · ka მხედველი (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) · fi näkijä (someone who foretells the future) · ru прови́дица (someone who foretells the future) · fi silminnäkijä (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) · sk veštec (someone who foretells the future) · ca endevinador (someone who foretells the future) · ru прови́дец (someone who foretells the future) · mk јасно́видец (someone who foretells the future) · pl jasnowidzący (someone who foretells the future) · de Weissagerin (someone who foretells the future) · vo visionan (someone who foretells the future) · de Hellseherin (someone who foretells the future) · sh пророчица (someone who foretells the future) · cs jasnovidec (someone who foretells the future) · uk прови́дець (someone who foretells the future) · sh очевидац (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) · nl helderziende (someone who foretells the future) · fi tietäjä (someone who foretells the future) · la vātēs (someone who foretells the future) · de Seherin (someone who foretells the future) · ca endevinaire (someone who foretells the future) · sk jasnovidec (someone who foretells the future) · ru очеви́дец (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) · pl świadek (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) · mk оче́видец (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) · nl ooggetuige (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) · mi matakite (someone who foretells the future) · cs prorok (someone who foretells the future) · sh видјелац (someone who foretells the future) · txb rṣāke (someone who foretells the future) · sh pròročica (someone who foretells the future) · bg пророк (someone who foretells the future) · fr voyante (someone who foretells the future) · sq faltore (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) · de Hellseher (someone who foretells the future) · sv sierska (someone who foretells the future) · fa پیشگو (someone who foretells the future) · de Seher (someone who foretells the future) · gd taibhsear (someone who foretells the future) · fi näkijä (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) · lv zīlētājs (someone who foretells the future) · it chiaroveggente (someone who foretells the future) · es vidente (someone who foretells the future) · sh vidjelac (someone who foretells the future) · cs věštec (someone who foretells the future) · pt vidente (someone who foretells the future) · ru прорица́тель (someone who foretells the future) · bg очевидец (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) · gl vidente (someone who foretells the future) · gl adiviña (someone who foretells the future) · ca vident (someone who foretells the future) · fr voyant (someone who foretells the future) · de Wahrsager (someone who foretells the future) · fa بیننده (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) · sh vidovnjak (someone who foretells the future) · de Weissager (someone who foretells the future) · vo hivisionan (someone who foretells the future) · tr falcı (someone who foretells the future) · hu látnok (someone who foretells the future) · lv pareģis (someone who foretells the future) · it testimone (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) · de Visionärin (someone who foretells the future) · be празорлівіца (someone who foretells the future) · pl jasnowidząca (someone who foretells the future) · ca endeví (someone who foretells the future) · de Prophetin (someone who foretells the future) · sk prorok (someone who foretells the future) · ast vidente (someone who foretells the future) · nl ziener (someone who foretells the future) · de Prophet (someone who foretells the future) · lv aculiecinieks (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) · be празарлівіца (someone who foretells the future) · xag 𐔰𐕄𐔰𐔾 (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) · mk гле́дач (someone who foretells the future) · ga fáidh (someone who foretells the future) · lt pranašas (someone who foretells the future) · vo jivisionan (someone who foretells the future) · fr devin (someone who foretells the future) · hi दूरदर्शी (someone who foretells the future) · sh пророк (someone who foretells the future) · bg гадател (someone who foretells the future) · de Wahrsagerin (someone who foretells the future) · es testigo (someone who sees something; an eyewitness)