■ noun
1》 an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God.
↘( the Prophet ) (among Muslims) Muhammad.
2》 a person who predicts the future.
↘a person who advocates a new belief or theory.
3》 ( the Prophets ) (in Christian use) the ~ic writings of the Old Testament.
↘(in Jewish use) one of the three canonical divisions of the Hebrew Bible.
Derivatives
~hood noun
~ism noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. ~e , via L. from Gk prophētēs 'spokesman', from pro 'before' + phētēs 'speaker' (from phēnai 'speak').