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prospector

prospector, ōris, m. [prospicio].
  • Lit., one who looks out: sicut prospector videns casum proximi sui, Vulg. Ecclus. 11, 32.—
  • II Trop., one that foresees, one that arranges beforehand, a provider (post-class.): deus prospector humanarum necessitatum, Tert. Or. 1: nuptiarum, id. adv. Marc. 4, 34: deus in rebus incertis prospector, Ap. Deo Socr. 16, p. 51, 12; Vulg. Ecclus. 3, 34.

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