necromancer

[ nek-ruh-man-ser ]

noun

a person who uses witchcraft or sorcery, especially to reanimate dead people or to foretell the future by communicating with them: In the story, the boy is killed by a serial killer and then revived as a zombie by a necromancer.

Origin of necromancer

First recorded in 1540–50; equivalent to necromanc(y) + -er¹

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We have at the heart of this mythology this relationship between the necromancer and the cavalier.
How Gideon the Ninth author Tamsyn Muir queers the space opera | Constance Grady | February 5, 2021 | Vox
Although I was really worried that nobody would be able to tell that Gideon was the necromancer there.
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Which done, he kissed him againe, and wylled the necromancer to make hast.
The Palace of Pleasure | William Painter
And the Royal necromancer tells me that if you can find a tingle-berry, and eat it, you will resume your natural form again.
Policeman Bluejay | L. Frank Baum
Rich, with his "necromancer," conjured all the town within the ring of his little theatre.
Their Majesties' Servants (Volume 1 of 3) | John Doran

The Royal necromancer is very wise, and you may depend upon what he says.
Policeman Bluejay | L. Frank Baum

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