sorcerer
noun/ˈsɔːsəɹə(ɹ)/UK/ˈsoɹ.sɚ.ɚ/US
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”).
- derived from *ser-✻
- derived from sors
- derived from sortiārius
- derived from sorcer,sorcier
- inherited from sorcerere
Definitions
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!”
A 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.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA