prophetsoothsayer; predictor: prophet of doomNot to be confused with:profit ? gain; benefit; income from investments or property: The sale made a profit.Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreeproph·et (pr?f??t)n.1. a. A person who speaks by divine inspiration or as the interpreter through whom the will of a god is expressed.b. One of the highest-ranking leaders of the Mormon church, considered by the faithful to be divinely inspired, and responsible for establishing and revising doctrine.2. A person gifted with profound moral insight and exceptional powers of expression.3. A predictor; a soothsayer.4. The chief spokesperson of a movement or cause.5. a. Prophets(used with a sing. or pl. verb) The second of the three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures, comprising the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve. Used with the. See Table at Bible.b. Prophet One of the prophets mentioned in the Bible, especially one believed to be the author of one of these books. Used with the.6. Prophet Islam Muhammad. Used with the.[Middle English prophete, from Old French, from Latin proph?ta, from Greek proph?t?s : pro-, forth; see pro-2 + -ph?t?s, speaker (from phanai, to speak; see bh?- in Indo-European roots).]proph?et·hood? n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.prophet (?pr?f?t) n1. (Theology) a person who supposedly speaks by divine inspiration, esp one through whom a divinity expresses his will. 2. a person who predicts the future: a prophet of doom. 3. a spokesman for a movement, doctrine, etc4. (Christian Churches, other) Christian Science a. a seer in spiritual mattersb. the vanishing of material sense to give way to the conscious facts of spiritual truth[C13: from Old French prophète, from Latin proph?ta, from Greek proph?t?s one who declares the divine will, from pro-2 + phanai to speak] ?prophetess fem n ?prophet-?like adjProphet (?pr?f?t) n1. (Islam) the principal designation of Mohammed as the founder of Islam2. (Christian Churches, other) a name for Joseph Smith as founder of the Mormon ChurchCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014proph?et (?pr?f ?t) n. 1. a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration. 2. (in the Old Testament) a. a person chosen to speak for God and to guide the people of Israel. b. (often cap.) one of the Major or Minor Prophets. 3. one of a class of persons in the early Christian church recognized as inspired to utter special revelations and predictions. 1 Cor. 12:28. 4. the Prophet, Muhammad, the founder of Islam. 5. a person regarded as, or claiming to be, an inspired teacher or leader. 6. a person who foretells the future. 7. a person who speaks for some doctrine, cause, or movement. [1150?1200; Middle English prophete