prophet

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person believed to speak on behalf of God and deliver religious messages

   Muslims believe that Muhammad was the final prophet sent to mankind.

2. 2
   noun

   A person who predicts what will happen in the future

   Critics called him a prophet of doom for warning of the crash years earlier.

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.

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