Etymology

seer

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Today it means: One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner. Full definition →

Middle English seere
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seer · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromseere
  2. English todayseer

From Middle English seere, equivalent to see + -er (“agent suffix”).

seer · noun2

See sihr.

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