mage
Americannoun
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mages
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of mage
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin magus. See Magus
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The fantasy series follows an elven mage, her young human apprentice and others they pick up along their years-long journey to visit the spirits of old friends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2025
Aerith, a white mage, supports companions with the spell Healing Wind in the original game and the modern trilogy.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
The series opens on one such party: There’s Laios, the party leader; his sister, Falin; an elven mage, Marcille; and Chilchuck, a half-foot locksmith with Artful Dodger energy.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2024
Andrea Peruzzi's mage capturing the moment when a Bedouin jumps over a small gorge between rocks in ancient Petra, Jordan.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2024
Jim’s chief character was Twinger, a gnome mage.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
Initial mages on social media showed the sails lying on the street below, with some of the blades slightly bent from the apparent fall.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2024
And then there’s its story: Two mages, the Children of the Solstice, team up with other do-gooders to stop an evil alchemist, The Fleshmancer, from destroying the world.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2023
Her lady-in-waiting is actually a mole from a secret society of mages.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2019
The world’s mages have retreated to the safety of domes, working to rebuild what little they can.
From The Verge ● Oct. 1, 2018
So Gensher ended, and was suddenly gone, as is the way of mages.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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