sorcerer
[ sawr-ser-er ]
/ ˈsɔr sər ər /
noun
a person who practices sorcery; black magician; wizard.
RELATED WORDS
warlock, diviner, seer, enchanter, charmer, shaman, conjurer, medium, witch, soothsayer, sorceress, clairvoyant, magician, occultist, alchemist, necromancer, thaumaturge, fortune-teller
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Origin of sorcerer
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sorcerer
feminine sorceress (ˈsɔːsərɪs)
/ (ˈsɔːsərə) /
noun
a person who seeks to control and use magic powers; a wizard or magician
Word Origin for sorcerer
C16: from Old French sorcier, from Vulgar Latin sortiārius (unattested) caster of lots, from Latin sors lot
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sorcerer
early 15c., from earlier sorcer (late 14c.), from Old French sorcier, from Medieval Latin sortarius "teller of fortunes by lot; sorcerer" (also source of Spanish sortero, Italian sortiere-; see sorcery). With superfluous -er, as in poulterer, upholsterer. Sorcerer's apprentice translates l'apprenti sorcier, title of a symphonic poem by Paul Dukas (1897) based on a Goethe ballad ("Der Zauberlehrling," 1797), but the common figurative use of the term (1952) comes after Disney's "Fantasia" (1940).
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