PROPHETESS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A woman prophet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("prophetess" is a kind of...):

oracle; prophesier; prophet; seer; vaticinator (an authoritative person who divines the future)

Instance hyponyms:

Cassandra ((Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed)

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