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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Clairvoyant \Clair*voy"ant\, adjective [F., fr. clair clear + voyant, p. pr. of voir to see. See {Clear}, and {Vision}.] Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Clairvoyant \Clair*voy"ant\ n. One who is able, when in a mesmeric state, to discern objects not present to the senses.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
clairvoyant
adjective
1: perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
2: foreseeing the future [syn: {precognitive}, {second-sighted}]
noun: someone who has the power of clairvoyance
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "clairvoyant": anticipant, anticipatory, automatist, clairaudient, clairsentient, divinatory, extrasensory, farseeing, farsighted, feeling, forehanded, foreknowing, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, intuitional, intuitive, longsighted, mediumistic, precognitive, precognizant, prepared, prescient, pretersensual, provident, providential, prudent, psychic, psychokinetic, psychometer, psychometrist, psychosensory, ready, sagacious, second-sighted, sensing, spiritual, spiritualistic, supersensible, supersensual, telekinetic, telepathic
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
CLAIRVOYANT, noun A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron, namely, that he is a blockhead.
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