As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?
The word "seer" is that which it implies it's a man that is able to see into the spiritual things, or a man who has spiritual perception, and they were called "seers", that was the original word for the prophets. Later on they called them prophets. But in the earlier days they were called seers.Then Saul said to his servant,