as in sorcerer
a person skilled in using supernatural forces
in ancient times any kind of natural disaster was apt to be regarded as the work of some evil-minded necromancer
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There is the love of Irish and Mexican dance traditions, love challenged by evil sorcerers and family dynamics and the passionate love that ends in tragedy.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
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Players adopt alter egos, from warriors to sorcerers, who traverse worlds of mysticism and monsters.—
Eric Francisco,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Who's the mage whose major itinerary is making all Oz merrier?—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
25 Nov. 2024
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This May 24, 2021 mage provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Susan Smith.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Lochlan starts downing drinks at an alarming rate, and when Chloe hands them party drugs to take, the little magician swallows a pill without hesitation.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
16 Mar. 2025
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In January, another viral moment saw a woman hire a magician for her friend's 25th birthday party, leaving everyone in attendance thoroughly amused.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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See, the people behind the martech need to be wizards a bit, too.—
Barbara Puszkiewicz-Cimino,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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The new wands, now on sale, come with the ability to be personalized with a wizard name, lead to exclusive adventures and build House Points, a daily competition among Hogwarts’ wizards.—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2025
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The witch hunting seems to have been sparked by children who claimed they were being taken from their beds to meet the devil by neighborhood women.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Mar. 2025
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But there are also cowboys and witches and werewolves and giant skeleton monsters.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Necromancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/necromancer. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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