sortero

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From suerte (lot, fate) +‎ -ero (occupational suffix). Compare Old Galician-Portuguese sorteira (witch).

Pronunciation

Noun

sortero m (plural sorteros, feminine singular sortera, feminine plural sorteras)

  1. a person who draws lots, a soothsayer or oracle
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 32v:
      & fue demãdar cõſeio auna mugier ſortera q̃ era en edom [] ſta mugier ouo mẏedo al reẏ e dixo q̃ nõ faria.
      And he went to seek counsel from a soothsayer that lived in Edom. this woman was afraid of the king, and she said she would not do .

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Descendants

  • Spanish: sortero