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Dictionary: seer   (sîr) pronunciation
n.
  1. ('ər) One that sees: an inveterate seer of sights.
  2. A clairvoyant.
  3. A prophet.

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noun

  1. Someone who sees something occur: eyewitness, viewer, witness. See see/not see.
  2. A person who foretells future events by or as if by supernatural means: augur, auspex, diviner, foreteller, haruspex, prophesier, prophet, prophetess, sibyl, soothsayer, vaticinator. See foresight.

A traditional term for a person who manifests clairvoyance or precognition. In ancient Israel the term was replaced by "judge." The judges used their psychic abilities to guide the twelve tribes from the time of the settlement in Palestine until the establishment of the monarchy under Saul (I Samuel 9:9). In Scotland it is equated with the possession of second sight.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a person with unusual powers of foresight
  Synonyms: visionary, illusionist

Meaning #2: an observer who perceives visually

Meaning #3: an authoritative person who divines the future
  Synonyms: prophet, oracle, vaticinator


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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - seende, synsk person, profet

2.
n. - ser

Nederlands (Dutch)
ziener, helderziende

Français (French)
1.
n. - voyant, devin

2.
n. - (Mes) unité de poids variable (en Inde)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Seher

2.
n. - Seer, Sihir

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - οραματιστής, μάντης

Italiano (Italian)
veggente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - profeta (m)

Русский (Russian)
наблюдающий, пророк, провидец

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - vidente, adivino

2.
n. - una unidad variable de peso (en el subcontinente de la India)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - siare, profet

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
观看者, 占卜者, 预言家, 先知

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 觀看者, 占卜者, 預言家, 先知

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 점쟁이, 천리안, 예언자

2.
n. - 시어 (인도의 무게의 단위), 액량의 단위 (약 1 리터)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - サバに似た食用魚, 見る人, 先の見える者, 千里眼, シーア

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألرائي, ألناظر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חוזה, נביא, רואה‬
n. - ‮קילוגרם או ליטר בקירוב (בהודו)‬


 
 
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