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Diviner

//dɪˈvaɪnə(ɹ)// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    comparative form of divine: more divine comparative, form-of
Noun
  1. 1
    One who foretells the future.

    "Saw my future with a death diviner / My reflection in her eyes drew up / My twisted past / Oh, I came unmasked"

  2. 2
    someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers wordnet
  3. 3
    One who divines or conjectures.
  4. 4
    One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English divinour, from Latin dīvīnātor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”), from dīvīnāre (“to foresee, to foretell”). Doublet of divinator. Equivalent to divine + -er.

Etymology 2

From Middle English divinour, from Latin dīvīnātor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”), from dīvīnāre (“to foresee, to foretell”). Doublet of divinator. Equivalent to divine + -er.

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