farseer
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of farseer
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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One who farsees; prophet; soothsayer; fortuneteller.
“"I received word from the Farseer only this morning. They had been studying the motion of the central band in Brutus, […] "The men of the Farseer could not be mistaken?”
“The farseer opened its right hand and its witchblade leapt from the sheath across its back and settled into his grip.”
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noun
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One who farsees; prophet; soothsayer; fortuneteller.
“"I received word from the Farseer only this morning. They had been studying the motion of the central band in Brutus, […] "The men of the Farseer could not be mistaken?”
“The farseer opened its right hand and its witchblade leapt from the sheath across its back and settled into his grip.”
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(nonce-word)An instrument or tool used to farsee; scope
““Never mind that,” the Hunter put his hand on the barrel of the farseer. “Look now.” Damien lowered his eye to the viewpiece—and saw the […] Magnified exactly as it had been, with the farseer still fixed on the features he had chosen.”
- A television set.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Modelled after German Fernseher (“TV set”, literally “farseer”), from Fernsehen (“television”, literally “farsee”), calque of French télévision, from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “far away”) and Latin visio (“sight”). By surface analysis, far + seer.
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