sorcerer

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”).

noun

  1. (mythology, folklore, fantasy) 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. 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 105
    "Well, sorcerer?" growled the Norman. "Nay, not well," replied Catweazle shivering miserably, "I have the bone-ache." 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 7

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