foreboder
(fɔəˈbəʊdə(r))
[f. forebode v. + -er1.]
One who or that which forebodes; † a prognosticator.
| 1687 R. L'Estrange Answ. Diss. 43 These Fore-boders, are..the most Pernicious of Wizzards. 1782 Burns Song, O why the deuce should I repine, And be an ill foreboder. 1805 Wordsw. Waggoner iii. 130 This explanation..Cured the foreboder like a charm. 1876 Bancroft Hist. U.S. IV. xxxiv. 568 Merchants..who feared a war as the fore⁓boder of their own bankruptcy. |