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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Soothsayer \Sooth"say'er\, noun
1. One who foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a prognosticator.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A mantis.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
soothsayer
noun: someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) [syn: {forecaster}, {predictor}, {prognosticator}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "soothsayer": Cassandra, Druid, astrologer, augur, calamity howler, crystal gazer, divinator, diviner, divineress, forecaster, foreknower, foreseer, foreshower, foreteller, fortuneteller, geomancer, haruspex, palmist, predictor, prefigurer, presager, prognosticator, prophesier, prophet, prophet of doom, prophetess, psychic, pythoness, religious prophets, seer, seeress, vates, weather prophet
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Soothsayer one who pretends to prognosticate future events. Baalam is so called (Josh. 13:22; Heb. kosem, a "diviner," as rendered 1 Sam. 6:2; rendered "prudent," Isa. 3:2). In Isa. 2:6 and Micah 5:12 (Heb. yonenim, i.e., "diviners of the clouds") the word is used of the Chaldean diviners who studied the clouds. In Dan. 2:27; 5:7 the word is the rendering of the Chaldee gazrin, i.e., "deciders" or "determiners", here applied to Chaldean astrologers, "who, by casting nativities from the place of the stars at one's birth, and by various arts of computing and divining, foretold the fortunes and destinies of individuals.", Gesenius, Lex. Heb. (See {SORCERER}.)
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