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farseer

noun
/ˈfɑːsɪə/UK/ˈfɑɹˌsiːɚ/US

Etymology

Modelled after German Fernseher (“TV set”, literally “farseer”), from Fernsehen (“television”, literally “farsee”), calque of French télévision, from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “far away”) and Latin visio (“sight”). By surface analysis, far + seer.

  1. derived from Fernseher

Definitions

  1. One who farsees

    One who farsees; prophet; soothsayer; fortuneteller.

    • "I received word from the Farseer only this morning. They had been studying the motion of the central band in Brutus, […] "The men of the Farseer could not be mistaken?
    • The farseer opened its right hand and its witchblade leapt from the sheath across its back and settled into his grip.

  2. An instrument or tool used to farsee

    An instrument or tool used to farsee; scope

    • “Never mind that,” the Hunter put his hand on the barrel of the farseer. “Look now.” Damien lowered his eye to the viewpiece—and saw the […] Magnified exactly as it had been, with the farseer still fixed on the features he had chosen.

  3. A television set.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for farseer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA