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Webster 1913 Edition


Sorcerer

Sor′cer-er

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
sorcier
. See
Sorcery
.]
A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician.
Bacon.
Pharaoh also called the wise men and the
sorcerers
.
Ex. vii. 11.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sorcerer

SOR'CERER

, [L. sors, lot.] A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician. The Egyptian sorcerers contended with Moses.

Definition 2024


sorcerer

sorcerer

English

Noun

sorcerer (plural sorcerers, feminine sorceress)

  1. (fantasy, folklore) A magician or wizard, sometimes specifically male.

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Sometimes misspelled sorceror, possibly from erroneous analogy to Latinate words ending in -or

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