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war⋅lock

[wawr-lok]
–noun
1. a man who practices the black arts; a male witch; sorcerer.
2. a fortuneteller or conjurer.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME warloghe, -lach, OE wǣrloga oathbreaker, devil, equiv. to wǣr covenant + -loga betrayer (deriv. of lēogan to lie)
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war·lock   (wôr'lŏk')   
n.  A male witch, sorcerer, wizard, or demon.

[Middle English warloghe, from Old English wǣrloga, oath-breaker : wǣr, pledge; see wērə-o- in Indo-European roots + -loga, liar (from lēogan, to lie; see leugh- in Indo-European roots).]
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