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Word entry · 8 letters

sorcerer

Best crossword clue

"Worker of magic"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɔːsəɹə(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted ceeorrrsStarts with SEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. one who practices magic or sorcery

Word origin

From Middle English sorcerere, from stem sorcer- (as in sorceresse and sorcery) + -ere, from Old French sorcer, sorcier, from Early Medieval Latin sortiārius, derived from Latin sortem (“fate, fortune”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”).

Used in a sentence

  • Pope Joan, who once occupied the throne of the Vatican, was reputed to be the blackest sorcerer of them all.
  • These, it was believed, would prevent the Arch-fiend from entering the charmed ring and wreaking vengeance upon the sorcerers.
  • “Thou flibbertigibbet,” cried Catwezle, who had been listening, “all is clear as springwater. This Rapkyn was a sorcerer!”

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