sorcerer
a person who practices sorcery; black magician; wizard.
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1Other words from sorcerer
- un·der·sor·cer·er, noun
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How to use sorcerer in a sentence
As ruler of the dream world, he holds hidden power over all mankind – until a human sorcerer manages to trap him and imprison him on Earth for more than 100 years.
For Gaiman fans, ‘Sandman’ is a ‘Dream’ come true | John Paul King | August 11, 2022 | Washington BladeIn a passing exchange, Doctor Strange tells Peter Parker that Wong is now sorcerer Supreme after Strange was snapped out of existence for five years.
5 big questions about Spider-Man: No Way Home’s game-changing ending | Alex Abad-Santos | December 20, 2021 | VoxOr, worse still, this is a different sorcerer masquerading as Doctor Strange.
Every Single Detail of the Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer, Explained | Eliana Dockterman | August 24, 2021 | TimeOn a large scale, the Internet reminds me a bit of the Mirror of Erised, from Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s Stone.
Reports of a Baleful Internet Are Greatly Exaggerated - Issue 104: Harmony | Brian Gallagher | July 21, 2021 | NautilusRusso said the hardest character to write was the main antagonist of the movie and the series, the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung.
Here’s why the new ‘Mortal Kombat’ movie stars a new, original lead character | Gene Park | April 21, 2021 | Washington Post
America was like a “sorcerer,” he said, holding other nations under its powerful spell to keep them from supporting the rebels.
The evil sorcerer Gargamel—and his cat Azrael—always hover nearby, in the hopes of kidnapping them.
Peter MacNichol stars as Galen, an impressively earnest, blotchy, and incompetent sorcerer's apprentice.
Early in the year, Hagrid brings a package to Hogwarts, the sorcerer's Stone, which grants immortality.
She describes him as a dangerous sectarian, a veritable sorcerer, and the evil genius of one of her own relatives.
Devil-Worship in France | Arthur Edward WaiteHe positively passed among them for a sorcerer; he had even been given the title of an 'insectivist.'
Dream Tales and Prose Poems | Ivan TurgenevIt was the contrivance of a white-faced thing, a sorcerer, that dwelt in that country in the Wood of Eld.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonWonderful stories are told by the later chroniclers of a certain Eudo de Stella, who had acquired great notoriety as a sorcerer.
Witch, Warlock, and Magician | William Henry Davenport AdamsThen they put the two halves of the sorcerer into it and covered him up.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz | L. Frank Baum
British Dictionary definitions for sorcerer
feminine sorceress (ˈsɔːsərɪs)
/ (ˈsɔːsərə) /
a person who seeks to control and use magic powers; a wizard or magician
Origin of sorcerer
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