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premonitor|priːˈmɒnɪtə(r)|
[a. L. præmonitor, agent-n. f. præmonēre to forewarn: see premonish.]
One who or that which forewarns; a premonitory sign or token.
a1656Bp. Hall Soliloquies lxxix, Some such like uncouth premonitors; which the great and holy God sends purposely to awaken our security. 1822T. Taylor Apuleius 311 A premonitor in things dubious. 1844Stephens Bk. Farm I. 245 Of these the Clouds are eminent premonitors. 1866J. B. Rose tr. Ovid's Met. 464 Premonitors of crime. |
