Sorcerer

Sor′cer-er

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

sorcier

. See

Sorcery

.]

A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician.

Bacon.

Pharaoh also called the wise men and the

sorcerers

.

Ex. vii. 11.

Sorcerer

SOR'CERER

, [L. sors, lot.] A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician. The Egyptian sorcerers contended with Moses.

sorcerer

English

Noun

sorcerer ‎(plural sorcerers, feminine sorceress)

(fantasy, folklore) A magician or wizard, sometimes specifically male.

Usage notes

Sometimes misspelled sorceror, possibly from erroneous analogy to Latinate words ending in -or

Synonyms

Related terms

Translations

magician/wizard drawing upon natural powers

Arabic: سَاحِر m ‎(sāḥir)
Armenian: կախարդ (hy) ‎(kaxard), վհուկ (hy) ‎(vhuk)
Catalan: mag (ca) m, màgic m, fetiller (ca) m
Chamicuro: shikec̈homalo
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巫師 (zh), 巫师 (zh) ‎(wūshī), 魔術師 (zh), 魔术师 (zh) ‎(móshùshī)
Czech: čaroděj (cs) m
Dutch: tovenaar (nl)
Esperanto: sorĉisto
Estonian: võlur (et)
Finnish: velho (fi)
French: sorcier (fr) m, sorcière (fr) f
German: Zauberer (de) m
Greek: μάγος (el) m ‎(mágos)
Haitian Creole: bòkò
Hebrew: מכשף (he) m, קוסם (he) m ‎(kosem)
Hungarian: varázsló (hu)
Irish: asarlaí m
Italian: stregone (it) m

Japanese: 魔法使い ‎(まほうつかい, mahō tsukai), 魔術師 ‎(まじゅつし, majutsushi)
Norman: enchorchéleux m
Kannada: ಮಾಂತ್ರಿಕ (kn) ‎(māṃtrika)
Latin: venēficus m
Ngarrindjeri: thumpamarldi
Polish: czarownik (pl) m, czarodziej (pl) m
Portuguese: feiticeiro (pt), sortílego
Quechua: layqa
Russian: волше́бник (ru) m ‎(volšébnik), колду́н (ru) m ‎(koldún), маг (ru) m ‎(mag), чароде́й (ru) m ‎(čarodéj)
Scottish Gaelic: draoidh m
Serbo-Croatian: vrač (sh) m, vračar (sh) m, vračara (sh) f, vračarica f, bajač m, bajačica (sh) f, bajalica (sh) m, f
Spanish: brujo (es) m, hechicero (es) m
Swahili: mshirikina (sw)
Swedish: trollkarl (sv) c
Syriac: ܚܰܪܳܫܳܐ
Tagalog: alasip
Turkish: büyücü (tr), yadacı (tr), sihirbaz (tr)

Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Sorcerer

Sor′cer-er

Webster 1828 Edition

Sorcerer

SOR'CERER

Definition 2024

sorcerer

sorcerer

English

Noun

Usage notes

Synonyms

Related terms

Translations

Etymology

Pronunciation

Similar Results