1. A person who foresees or foretells events which will happen before they occur: Some seers in Wall Street have predicted a drop in finances in the country.
2. Someone who predicts what will happen in the future by using spiritual insight or divination: Cathy decided to go to the seer with the crystal ball in order to see if her dream of becoming a journalist would come true.

Synonyms that express what a seer is include: a forecaster, a predictor, a prognosticator, a presager, and a foreteller.

4. Etymology: from Middle English seen, "to see, to perceive". © ALL rights are reserved.

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