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View synonyms for sorceress

sorceress

[ sawr-ser-is ]

noun

  1. a woman who practices sorcery; witch.


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Gender Note

See -ess.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sorceress1

1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French sorceresse, equivalent to sorcer ( sorcerer ) + -esse -ess

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Example Sentences

Endor is a sorceress who may or may not actually be able to converse with the dead.

There is, however, a sorceress who can transform people into various animals.

But draw near hither, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer, and of the harlot.

"That sorceress and Ruggiero both declare this reign is coming to an end; my difficulties will not last long," she thought.

"It is there that Azenor the Pale, the sorceress of Neroweg, carries on her witchcraft," answered the quarryman in a hollow voice.

Without answering, the sorceress continued her magic incantations, at the conclusion of which, holding up to Neroweg VI.

Instead of answering the sorceress, the poor little one threw himself sobbing upon her neck.

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