mage
Americannoun
noun
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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
From the depths emerges a spirit who says that he will bestow his old kingdom — and all its valuable treasure — to whomever can defeat the mad mage waiting deep below ground.
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
When the fiery ladder stood forty feet high, the mage leapt forward and began to climb it, scrambling up hand over hand as quick as a monkey.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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
Online sleuths also posted mages of Giberson online using the “#DragThemOut” hashtag moniker.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2023
Her teachers call these “combat linguistics,” but the titular linguist mages — including politicians, cult leaders and gaming executives — have competing ends in mind, and Isobel is instrumental to all of them.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2022
Her lady-in-waiting is actually a mole from a secret society of mages.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2019
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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