Au'gur1, n.
n. [Lat. augur, most probably a Tuscan word. The first part of the word is equiv. to the Lat. avis, bird; the last syllable, gur, is equiv. to the Celt. gār, man.]
- (Rom. Antiq.) An officer who pretended to foretell future events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by other signs or omens, derived from celestial phenomena, appearances of quadrupeds, or certain accidents, called diræ. Bacon.
- One who pretends to foretell future events by omens; a soothsayer.
Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found Without a priestly curse or boding sound. Dryden.