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prophet
noun
A
person
who
people
believe
receives
messages
from
a
god
and
tells
others
those
divine
messages
or
warnings
.
•
Many
people
consider
Moses
to
be
a
prophet
who
guided
his
people
through
the
desert
.
Many
people
consider
Moses
to
be
a
prophet
who
guided
his
people
through
the
desert
.
•
The
villagers
gathered
around
the
prophet
to
hear
what
fate
awaited
their
kingdom
.
The
villagers
gathered
around
the
prophet
to
hear
what
fate
awaited
their
kingdom
.
Middle
English
profet
,
from
Old
French
prophete
,
from
Latin
prophēta
,
from
Ancient
Greek
prophētēs
meaning
“
spokesperson
of
a
god
.”
noun
Someone
who
is
very
good
at
predicting
what
will
happen
in
the
future
,
especially
in
a
particular
field
such
as
science
,
economics
,
or
culture
.
•
Many
investors
call
her
a
prophet
of
the
stock
market
because
her
forecasts
are
so
accurate
.
Many
investors
call
her
a
prophet
of
the
stock
market
because
her
forecasts
are
so
accurate
.
•
The
science-fiction
writer
was
a
prophet
of
space
travel
long
before
rockets
existed
.
The
science-fiction
writer
was
a
prophet
of
space
travel
long
before
rockets
existed
.
The
figurative
sense
developed
in
English
in
the
14th
century
,
extending
the
religious
idea
of
foretelling
to
secular
prediction
.
