PROPHET


Meaning of PROPHET in English

female also prophetess [noun] [C]A prophet is a person who is believed to have a special power which allows them to say what a god wishes to tell people, esp. about things that will happen in the future .an Old Testament prophetLet us hear the words of the prophet Isaiah on the coming of the Prince of Peace.A prophet can also be a person who supports a new system of beliefs and principles.Rousseau, that great prophet of the modern ageThe Prophet is Mohammed, the man who made Islam known to the world through the Koran.(disapproving) A prophet of doom is a person who emphasizes the bad side of a situation and continually states that something bad is going to happen.The prophets of doom have been predicting the end of the European cinema for the last ten years.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.