prophet
Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
Noun
- Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
- Muslims believe that Muhammad was the final prophet sent to mankind.
- Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.
Origin
From Middle English prophete, from Anglo-Norman prophete, from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “one who speaks for a god”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to tell”). Displaced native Old English wītga.
Forms
Derived
antiprophet a prophet has no honor in his own country a prophet is not without honor save in his own country cole-prophet major prophet minor prophet piss-prophet prophecy prophesise prophesize prophesy propheteering prophetess prophethood prophetic propheticide prophetism prophetization prophetless prophetlike prophetocracy prophet of doom prophetship pseudoprophet