sorcerer
nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈsɔːsəɹə(ɹ)//
- United States//ˈsoɹ.sɚ.ɚ//
A magician or wizard. Sometimes specifically male.
noun
- 1
A magician or wizard. Sometimes specifically male.
Pope Joan, who once occupied the throne of the Vatican, was reputed to be the blackest sorcerer of them all.
These, it was believed, would prevent the Arch-fiend from entering the charmed ring and wreaking vengeance upon the sorcerers.
“Thou flibbertigibbet,” cried Catwezle, who had been listening, “all is clear as springwater. This Rapkyn was a sorcerer!”
"Well, sorcerer?" growled the Norman. "Nay, not well," replied Catweazle shivering miserably, "I have the bone-ache."
- 2
figurativeA person whose skills or abilities appear almost magical.
The goalscorer was Eberechi Eze, Palace’s sorcerer-in-chief, and it came in the 16th minute from an assist by Daniel Muñoz, who was irrepressible up and down the right.
Etymology
From Middle English sorcerere, from stem sorcer- (as in sorceresse and sorcery) + -ere, from Old French sorcer, sorcier, from Early Medieval Latin sortiārius, derived from Latin sortem (“fate, fortune”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”).
Forms
- plural
- sorcerers
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