1. [n]  an authoritative person who divines the future
2. [n]  an observer who perceives visually; "an incurable seer of movies"
3. [n]  a person with unusual powers of foresight

1. \Seer\ (s[=e]r), a.
   Sore; painful. [Prov. Eng.] --Ray.
   

2. \Se"er\ (s[=e]"[~e]r), n.
   One who sees. --Addison.
   

3. \Seer\ (s[=e]r), n. [From {See}.]
   A person who foresees events; a prophet. --Milton.
   

a name sometimes applied to the prophets because of the visions granted to them. It is first found in 1 Sam. 9:9. It is afterwards applied to Zadok, Gad, etc. (2 Sam. 15:27; 24:11; 1 Chr. 9:22; 25:5; 2 Chr. 9:29; Amos 7:12; Micah 3:7). The "sayings of the seers" (2 Chr. 33:18, 19) is rendered in the Revised Version "the history of Hozai" (marg., the seers; so the LXX.), of whom, however, nothing is known. (See PROPHET.)