sorcerer
a person who practices sorcery; black magician; wizard.
Origin of sorcerer
1Other words from sorcerer
- un·der·sor·cer·er, noun
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How to use sorcerer in a sentence
America was like a “sorcerer,” he said, holding other nations under its powerful spell to keep them from supporting the rebels.
The evil sorcerer Gargamel—and his cat Azrael—always hover nearby, in the hopes of kidnapping them.
Peter MacNichol stars as Galen, an impressively earnest, blotchy, and incompetent sorcerer's apprentice.
Early in the year, Hagrid brings a package to Hogwarts, the sorcerer's Stone, which grants immortality.
She describes him as a dangerous sectarian, a veritable sorcerer, and the evil genius of one of her own relatives.
Devil-Worship in France | Arthur Edward Waite
He positively passed among them for a sorcerer; he had even been given the title of an 'insectivist.'
Dream Tales and Prose Poems | Ivan TurgenevIt was the contrivance of a white-faced thing, a sorcerer, that dwelt in that country in the Wood of Eld.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonWonderful stories are told by the later chroniclers of a certain Eudo de Stella, who had acquired great notoriety as a sorcerer.
Witch, Warlock, and Magician | William Henry Davenport AdamsThen they put the two halves of the sorcerer into it and covered him up.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz | L. Frank Baum
British Dictionary definitions for sorcerer
feminine sorceress (ˈsɔːsərɪs)
/ (ˈsɔːsərə) /
a person who seeks to control and use magic powers; a wizard or magician
Origin of sorcerer
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