maguses

Noun

magus (plural magi or (rare) maguses)

1. A magician; (derogatory) a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster.
   • In the middle of the fifth century, Empedocles testified to the vitality of these maguses, who were capable of commanding the winds and of bringing the dead back from Hades and who presented themselves, not as mortals, but as gods.1987, Jean-Pierre Vernant, translated by Anne Marzin, “Greek Religion”, in Mircea Eliade, editor, The Encyclopedia of Religion, volume 6, New York, N.Y.: Macmillan Publishing Company; London: Collier...
2. A Zoroastrian priest.
   • Court astrologers, who were drawn from the race of the Magi, were among those that formed the royal court [...]1922, Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization, page 230