His death has deprived our country of true seer.
Here I did't understand what is "of true seer".
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Why don't you look up the word in a dictionary, eg in Oald -oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/seer– rogermueCommented Feb 16, 2016 at 11:27
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This sentence should really be "...of a true seer", because you have to use an article or other determiner when referring to a single object ("a seer") like this.– stangdonCommented Feb 16, 2016 at 17:14
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A 'seer' is similar to a prophet or visionary. Probably it comes from the collision of the word "see" with the suffix "er", i.e. someone who sees.
So the country has lost someone who has a positive vision for the country and could presumably guide it towards a better future.
