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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   an oracle; one who tells the future. archaic
2. 2
   Something that implies the imminent occurrence of another event. uncountable

   "The cold was a foreboder of the nightmares of the winter that lay ahead."

Example

More examples

"The cold was a foreboder of the nightmares of the winter that lay ahead."

Etymology

From forebode + -er.

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