Meaning

noun someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers

adjective emanating from God; ; ; -Saturday Review

adjective resulting from divine providence

originFrom Middle English divinour, from Latin dīvīnātor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”), from dīvīnāre (“to foresee, to foretell”). Doublet of divinator. Equivalent to divine + -er.

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