prophetess

noun

proph·​et·​ess ˈprä-fə-təs 

: a woman who is a prophet

Examples of prophetess in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But things did not turn out as the prophetess dreamed. —Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2015

Positioning Robin as an unheeded prophetess and an eventual participant in Ethan’s undoing is a smart way to explore the sexism of the media world at the time. —Jesse Green, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024

The words belong to Cassandra, the Trojan prophetess doomed to be disbelieved. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024

Hecuba, the queen, goes to the wily Odysseus; her daughter-in-law Andromache, Hector’s widow, to Achilles’ son, Pyrrhus; and her daughter Cassandra, a prophetess doomed never to be believed, to the victorious general Agamemnon. —Daniel Mendelsohn, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021

The [prophetess Deborah], for example, accompanies an army into battle. —Jennifer Wollock, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2021

Toren, with nearly 400 titles to her name and several awards for narration, can sound like prophetess of trees. —Jenni Laidman, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2018

Classical mythology brings us the tale of the Sibyl of Cumae, a prophetess who bargains with Apollo for endless life, and centuries later comes to yearn for death. —Joshua Max Feldman, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2018

Florence Houteff, considered a prophetess by the Branch Davidians, predicted April 22, 1959, as the rollout date of the Book of Revelation’s fire and brimstone. —Kimberly Winston, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2017

Word History

Etymology

Middle English prophetesse, prophetisse, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Late Latin prophētissa, from prophēta, prophētēs prophet + -issa -ess

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

prophetess

noun

proph·​et·​ess ˈpräf-ət-əs 

: a woman who is a prophet