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sorcerer

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Alternative forms

  • sorceror (common misspelling/alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Middle English sorcerere, from Old French sorcier, from Early Medieval Latin sortiārius, derived from Latin sortem (fate, fortune), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (to bind).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɔːsəɹə(ɹ)/
  • (US) enPR: sôrʹ-sər-ər, IPA(key): /ˈsoɹ.sɚ.ɚ/
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Noun

sorcerer (plural sorcerers)

  1. (mythology, folklore, fantasy) A magician or wizard. Sometimes specifically male.
    Synonyms: magician, (Hopi culture) powaqa, (Hopi culture) two-heart, wizard
    • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 105:
      Pope Joan, who once occupied the throne of the Vatican, was reputed to be the blackest sorcerer of them all.
    • 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 7:
      "Well, sorcerer?" growled the Norman. "Nay, not well," replied Catweazle shivering miserably, "I have the bone-ache."
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    • 2025 May 17, David Hytner, “Crystal Palace stun Manchester City to win FA Cup amid drama and Henderson controversy”, in The Guardian:
      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.

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Middle English

Noun

sorcerer

  1. alternative form of sorcerere

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