sorcerer

/ˈsɔrsərər/

/ˈsɔsərə/

Other forms: sorcerers

Magical, mysterious, and quite possibly mythical, a sorcerer is a name for a spell-casting wizard.

Use the noun sorcerer when you're talking about a magician who practices enchantments and conjures spells. Sorcerers appear in many fantasy novels and Shakespeare plays. The word for a female sorcerer is sorceress. The Latin word sors, "fate or fortune," is at the root of sorcerer, which didn't come into popular use until after the 1940 release of the Disney film "Fantasia," which featured Mickey Mouse as the character "the sorcerer's apprentice."

Definitions of sorcerer

1. noun

   one who practices magic or sorcery
   synonyms: magician, necromancer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, wizard

   examples:

   Count Alessandro di Cagliostro

   Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743-1795)

   types:

   enchanter

   a sorcerer or magician

   exorciser, exorcist

   someone who practices exorcism

   magus

   a magician or sorcerer of ancient times

   sorceress

   a woman sorcerer

   witch doctor

   someone who is believed to heal through magical powers

   Circe

   (Greek mythology) a sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine

   conjure man, conjurer, conjuror

   a witch doctor who practices conjury

   type of:

   occultist

   a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts