diviner

diviner
/di vuy"neuhr/, n.
1. a person who divines; soothsayer; prophet.
2. a person skilled in using a divining rod.
[1300-50; DIVINE + -ER1; r. ME divinour < AF < LL divinator soothsayer, equiv. to L divina(re) to DIVINE + -tor -TOR]

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