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Synonyms for sorcerer

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sawr-ser-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɔr sər ər

Top 10 synonyms for sorcerer
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Définition of sorcerer

Origin :
  • 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).
  • noun wizard
Example sentences :
  • Only once did a sorcerer succeed in wounding Notscha in the left arm.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • In the course of time one of his pupils insulted the sorcerer.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • And now when it was too late, the soldiers realized that the sorcerer had tricked them.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • The latter, however, feared that the sorcerer might make himself invisible.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • It must have been at the second watch of the night and the sorcerer had not yet come back.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • But the sorcerer was already in the room, and again he scolded them.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • The sorcerer paled with fear, but Si-Men had him seized and cast into the river.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • But the sorcerer flung himself on the ground and begged for mercy.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • Once more he looked at a sorcerer and said: “Do you go and hunt them up!”
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • Some sorcerer, some witch-man, no doubt: it looked fiendlike enough.
  • Extract from : « Heart of Darkness » by Joseph Conrad
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