predictor

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
noun information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events
noun a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival

From predict + -or.

What with psionic information receivers, trend predictors and estimated anticipators, the mutuel computers kept up with the physical transfer of funds, figured out the latest odds, and flipped the figures as fast as the machinery could work the dials. — The Big Fix, George O. (George Oliver) Smith

forecaster, prognosticator, soothsayer

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