seer

1 a person with unusual powers of foresight [syn: visionary, illusionist]

2 an observer who perceives visually; "an incurable seer of movies"

3 an authoritative person who divines the future [syn: prophet, oracle, vaticinator]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪə(r)

Etymology

From the verb to see.

Noun

1. someone who sees something; an eyewitness
2. someone who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner

Translations

Seer may refer to:

• A clairvoyant or a prophet
• Seer (Charmed), a fictional character on the television series Charmed
• Seer fish, a group of sea fish varieties that are popular in South Asia
• Seer (album), album by Lamb (Music Mill) (1990)
• Seer (unit), a customary unit of mass and capacity in Asia
• The title for volunteers who created fiction and events for the MMORPG Ultima Online
• Seasonal energy efficiency ratio, used to rate the efficiency of air conditioners
• The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)

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