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Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
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prognosticator
Word definitions for prognosticator in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prognosticator \Prog*nos"ti*ca`tor\, n. One who prognosticates; a foreknower or foreteller of a future course or event by present signs. --Isa. xlvii. 13.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) [syn: forecaster , predictor , soothsayer ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1550s, agent noun in Latin form from prognosticate .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. One who prognosticates or makes predictions; one who forecasts or guesses
Usage examples of prognosticator.
You will make a fine Prognosticator when you have been reprogrammed and had your memory capacity and reasoning circuitry supplemented.
The palmers were archivists on their way to the Palace of the Memory of the People, to tell into the records the stories of all those who had died in their city in the last ten years, and to ask for guidance from the prognosticators.
A philosophizing worm, a psychologizing worm, a pontificator, a prognosticator, a worm of wit and aspiration, a worm of cortical distinction, a worm of brain.
We told them that our prognosticators had given him a high success rating: he was going to come back with the goods.
Then there are your prognosticators - your "hunchmen" - Teale and Goodly.