prognosticator

English

Etymology

prognosticate +‎ -or

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɒɡˈnɒstɪkeɪtə(ɹ)/

Noun

prognosticator (plural prognosticators)

1. One who prognosticates or makes predictions; one who forecasts or guesses

   Plenty of prognosticators try to forecast the ups and downs of the market.

   • 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     When the staccato, Neptunes-ian single “Boyfriend” was released in March, musical prognosticators were quick to peg the album it portended, Believe, as Justin Bieber’s Justified, a grown-and-sexy, R&B-centric departure that evolved millennial teenybopper Justin Timberlake into one of the unifying pop-music figures of the aughts.