Noun
A
person
who
makes
dire
predictions
,
especially
those
which
are
not
believed
but
which
turn
out
to
be
true
.
Proper noun
A
prophetess
who
was
daughter
of
King
Priam
of
Troy
and
his
queen
Hecuba
.
She
captured
the
eye
of
Apollo
and
was
granted
the
ability
to
see
the
future
;
however
,
she
was
destined
never
to
be
believed
.