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archmagus

archmagus noun: a very powerful magus.

Noun

archmagus (plural archmagi)

  1. A very powerful magus.
    • A powerful archmagus, who could whisk himself from place to place with a few words of magic, did not travel the dusty roads of Ansalon on the back of a donkey unless he had good reason to want to dawdle in inns and gossip with the innkeepers, all the while keeping an eye on who came in and who went...1999, Margaret Weis, Don Perrin, Brothers in Arms (The Raistlin Chronicles; 2), TSR, Inc., →ISBN, page 16
    • The archmagus had absolute authority over the Isle of Mid and everyone on it.2008, Lisa Shearin, Armed & Magical, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 5
    Synonyms:
    archmage

Synonyms of archmagus

Forms of archmagus

pluralarchmagi
alternative formarchimagus

Origin of archmagus

From arch- + magus.

Questions about archmagus

What does archmagus mean?
Archmagus means a very powerful magus.
What part of speech is archmagus?
Archmagus is a noun.
What is the plural of archmagus?
The plural of archmagus is archmagi.

Words near archmagus in the dictionary

  1. archmage
  2. archmages
  3. archmagi
  4. archmagician
  5. archmagicians
  6. archmagus
  7. Archman
  8. archmarshal
  9. archmarshals
  10. archmaster
  11. archmasters

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