spaeman

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots spaeman.

Noun

spaeman (plural spaemen)

  1. (Scotland) prophet; diviner

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for spaeman in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Scots

Etymology

spae (“to prophesy, foretell, predict, tell fortunes”) +‎ man

Noun

spaeman (plural spaemen)

  1. fortuneteller, diviner, prophet
  • spae-folk (“sorcerers, wizards”)
  • spaer (“fortuneteller, soothsayer”)
  • spaewife (“female fortuneteller”)
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