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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. One who practices sorcery; a wizard.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Originally, one who casts lots; one who divines or interprets by the casting of lots; hence, one who uses magic arts in divination or for other ends; a wizard; an enchanter; a conjurer.
  2. n. A fish of the family Nettastomidæ, found in the deep sea, having a fragile body and a thin skin charged with black pigment.

Wiktionary

  1. n. fantasy, folklore A magician or wizard, sometimes specifically male.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. one who practices magic or sorcery

Etymologies

  1. From Old French sorcier, ultimately from Latin sors ("oracular response"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English sorser, sorcerer, from Old French sorcier, from Vulgar Latin *sortiārius, from Latin sors, sort-, lot, fortune; see ser-2 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “So with regard to the idea that Vaudois comes from Vaudes, a sorcerer, it would be more correct to say that the term sorcerer was one applied by the inhabitants of the plains to those who were Vaudois, or hill-men, under the notion that the inhabitants of such localities practised sorcery.”

    The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys

  • “In the reports of early travelers and missionaries no special mention is made of the Midē´, the Jes´sakkīd´, or the Wâbĕnō´, but the term sorcerer or juggler is generally employed to designate that class of persons who professed the power of prophecy, and who practiced incantation and administered medicinal preparations.”

    Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891

  • “In the description, she doesn't use the term sorcerer and prefers the term wizard.”

    Gaming Nexus

  • “At Hogwarts, however, the remote and castellated establishment where Harry Potter pursues his studies, there are girls everywhere: eccentric girls, stalwart girls, mean girls, ghost girls who live in the toilet, girls you get crushes on, girls you can kiss … Is this how a sorcerer is made?”

    Sex and the Single Wizard

  • “On the one hand, the iconic sorcerer from the D&D 3e PHB.”

    Shameful Dungeons & Dragons Characters « Geek Related

  • “Our awe of the heavens led us to confuse cause and effect, our awe of 'wise men' who could predict eclipses (probably back over 6000 yr/ago), and our awe of men who could dowse water ( origin of the the word sorcerer?) i.e.”

    Debunking Astrology: Mars Can't Influence You | Universe Today

  • “Description: The world's greatest sorcerer is losing his mind, and all the nations wait in fear for his next move.”

    Welcome to the fucking theater

  • “He worked with his physician doing chemistry experiments in a lab for so many hours they were referred to as the sorcerer and his apprentice.”

    Simon & Schuster: THE DIAMOND

  • “No one called sorcerer was easy company for Conan, but Illyana was more endurable than most.”

    Conan the Valiant

  • “But King Gos assured him the talking goat had never been to Oz. "As for Rinkitink, whom you call a sorcerer," continued the Nome King,”

    Rinkitink in Oz

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synonyms (4)

Words with the same meaning

  1. conjurer
  1. enchanter
  1. magician
  1. wizard

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. occultist

hyponyms (9)

Words that are more specific

  1. enchanter
  1. cagliostro
  1. magus
  1. giuseppe balsamo
  1. sorceress
  1. exorciser
  1. count alessandro di cagliostro
  1. witch doctor
  1. exorcist

same context (25)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. magician
  2. mage
  3. necromancer
  4. healer
  5. enchanter
  1. conjurer
  2. witch
  3. shaman
  4. sorceress
  5. enchantress
  1. fortuneteller
  2. warlock
  3. assassin
  4. drow
  5. priestess
  1. alchemist
  2. juggler
  3. druid
  4. smith
  5. dwarf
  1. chieftain
  2. seer
  3. mathematician
  4. swordsman
  5. prophet

reverse dictionary (23)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. magus
  2. enchanter
  3. sorceress
  4. witch doctor
  1. sorcer
  2. magician
  3. tempestarian
  4. warlock
  1. Gilbert
  2. necromancer
  3. skryer
  4. angekok
  1. boyla
  2. catalonan
  3. mage
  4. conjurer
  1. wizard
  2. enchantress
  3. Fata Morgana
  4. witch
  1. ob
  2. voodoo
  3. rain-maker

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  • qroqqa This spelling 'sorcerer' is strongly preferred to 'sorceror' (over 20:1 on raw Google hits), and the -or doesn't occur in BNP and isn't even mentioned in the OED as an alternative (though it does occur in the quotations with a [sic] against it).

    That actually surprises me: I thought it was one of those where fluctuation was more standard, as with adviser/advisor, conjurer/conjuror, imposter/impostor. Mar 24, 2009

  • oroboros SorcErER May 7, 2008

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