necromancer

noun

Definition of necromancernext
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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  1. sorcerer
  2. mage
  3. magician
  4. wizard
  5. witch
Noun
  • Merlin: Merlin was a key sorcerer in Arthurian Romance.
    Taylor Grothe, Parents, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Since 2013, the coastal California city of Morro Bay has been the site of witch sightings around Halloween time, as hundreds of people dressed in their finest sorcerer's outfits hop onto stand-up paddle boards for the Witches and Warlocks Paddle.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of sorcerer
Noun
  • Granted, Prophecy is yet another chapter of Hollywood’s infatuation with IP, but it’s also yielded a lavish little soap opera where Emily Watson is a super-powered leader of an all-female finishing school for young intergalactic mages.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
  • The protagonist is an Elda, a race the state church declares is anathema on account of their magical abilities, on a mission to awaken the crown prince by murdering the mage who cast a curse on him years ago.
    Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of mage
Noun
  • The Great Buck Howard (2008) In this mostly dull bauble about a kid (Colin Hanks) who works for a possibly fraudulent huckster magician (John Malkovich), Hanks shows up briefly as a skeptical dad.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
  • With Biggest ‘Supermoon’ Of 2024 Similarly, Julian Mather, a former sniper turned children's magician discussed how his career journey had many twists and turns.
    Joseph Liu, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of magician
Noun
  • At Yew Dell Botanical Gardens, our staff garden wizards have been busy all summer and fall, prepping all the botanical bounty of the growing season to deck the halls for our annual Yuletide at Yew Dell, which takes place Fridays and Saturdays from Nov. 29 to Dec. 21.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Nov. 2024
  • This way, the wizard in focus rotates like the main characters of a television show.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of wizard
Noun
  • The first part of that is spoken by one of the three witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth and was later repurposed by Bradbury as the title of his 1962 fantasy novel, Something Wicked This Way Comes.
    Chris Stanton, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Resembling a witch's face, this nebula is a stellar nursery some 1,300 light-years from Earth.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of witch
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