mage
/meɪd͡ʒ/
mage noun: a magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.
Noun
- A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.
- Synonyms:
- magic user, spellcaster, enchanter, conjurer, thaumaturge, theurgist, spiritualist, mystic, shaman, witch doctor
- Synonym of magus: a Zoroastrian priest.
- While the liberality of Gelo and his brother Hiero atracted every stranger who could amuse or instruct the court of Syracuse, a Persian Mage related to the former of those princes that he himself had circumnavigated the whole continent of Africa.c. 1790, Edward Gibbon, On the Position of the Meridional Line, and the supposed Circumnavigation of Africa by the Ancients; republished as The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esq. […] , volume...
- Synonyms:
- magus
mage meaning in Arabic, Malay and Persian
mage in Arabic
- magician, wizard or sorcerer
- سَاحِر sāḥir, مَجُوس majūs
mage in Malay
- magician, wizard or sorcerer
- ahli sihir
mage in Persian
- magician, wizard or sorcerer
- مجوسی majusi
Examples of mage in a sentence
- Inexperienced mages usually cannot cast spells on command.
- Swain is in literally no world a burst mage, he's absolutely a dps mage.
- Fenris friendmance (especially with a mage Hawke) for heals and feels.
Synonyms of mage
- magic user
- spellcaster
- enchanter
- conjurer
- thaumaturge
- theurgist
- spiritualist
- mystic
- shaman
- witch doctor
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Forms of mage
| plural | magi |
|---|---|
| plural | mages |
Origin of mage
From Middle English mages (plurale tantum), from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek Μάγος (Mágos), from the hapax Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁 (m-gu-u-š /maguš/). Doublet of magus.
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Words that rhyme with mage
Questions about mage
- What does mage mean?
- Mage means a magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.
- What is mage in Arabic?
- Mage in Arabic is سَاحِر (sāḥir), مَجُوس (majūs). See Mage meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is mage?
- Mage is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mage?
- Mage is pronounced /meɪd͡ʒ/.
- What is the plural of mage?
- The plural of mage is magi.
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