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noun

Prophet n.

One who prophesies, or foretells events; a predicter; a foreteller.

One inspired or instructed by God to speak in his name, or announce future events, as, Moses, Elijah, etc.

An interpreter; a spokesman. (R.)

(Zool.) A mantis.

School of the prophets (Anc. Jewish Hist.), a school or college in which young men were educated and trained for public teachers or members of the prophetic order. These students were called sons of the prophets.

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Etymology of 'Prophet'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Prophet" Quotes from Famous Books

... a prophet of his own, one Enoch Wriggle, who, having tried his hand unsuccessfully first at tailoring, next as an accountant, then in the watercress, afterwards in the buy ''at-box, bonnet-box,' and lastly in the stale lobster ...

— Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour • R. S. Surtees

... fear the displeasure of the Sultan, and I also have no wish to encounter it; but vessels raised and equipped in a hurry will be of small use to me. In the name of Allah the compassionate and his holy Prophet give me my eighty galleys ...

— Great Pirate Stories • Various

... The youthful prophet was instantly sat upon after the fashion of all elderly critics since Job's. Nevertheless, after a pause ...

— Selected Stories • Bret Harte

... death-dealing bows and Persians and Arabs and Turks and Medes and folk and peoples and Amirs and viziers and captains and grandees and officers of state and men of war, and indeed there appeared the puissance of the house of Abbas [FN28] and the majesty of the family of the Prophet. ...

— Tales from the Arabic Volumes 1-3 • John Payne

... the barometer on that occasion was a true prophet. The weather which "brewed up" that evening was more than "dirty," it was tempestuous; and before midnight a tremendous hurricane was devastating the western shores of the kingdom. Many a good ship fought a hard ...

— The Coxswain's Bride - also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue • R.M. Ballantyne

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