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necromancer

/ˈnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˌmænsə/US/ˈnɛkɹəˌmænsɚ/

necromancer noun: a person who practices or performs necromancy.

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Noun

necromancer (plural necromancers)

  1. A person who practices or performs necromancy.
    • Necromancers were thought to have the power of restoring activity to the dead, either temporarily or permanently[.]1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 52

necromancer meaning in Hindi, Malayalam and Punjabi

necromancer in Hindi

necromancer, conjurer, exorcist
हाज़िराती hāzirātī

necromancer in Malayalam

wizard, sorcerer, sorceress
പ്രേതസിദ്ധൻ, ദുർമ്മന്ത്രവാദി, മന്ത്രവാദി, മന്ത്രകാരൻ, മന്ത്രകൃത്ത്, പ്രതിഹാരൻ

necromancer in Punjabi

necromancer, sorcerer, exorcist
ਜੰਤਰੀ jantrī

Synonyms of necromancer

Forms of necromancer

pluralnecromancers
alternative formnigromancer
alternative formnecromance

Plural of necromancer: necromancers

Origin of necromancer

An alteration of nigromancer after necromancy, equivalent to necromancy + -er.

Words formed from necromancer

Questions about necromancer

What does necromancer mean?
Necromancer means a person who practices or performs necromancy.
What is necromancer in Hindi?
Necromancer in Hindi is हाज़िराती (hāzirātī). See Necromancer meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is necromancer?
Necromancer is a noun.
How do you pronounce necromancer?
Necromancer is pronounced /ˈnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˌmænsə/ (UK).
What is the plural of necromancer?
The plural of necromancer is necromancers.

Words near necromancer in the dictionary

  1. necrolyses
  2. necrolysis
  3. necrolytic
  4. necromance
  5. necromanced
  6. necromancer
  7. necromanceress
  8. necromanceresses
  9. necromancers
  10. necromances
  11. necromancess

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: necromancer (page history and authors); हाज़िराती (Hindi) (page history and authors); necromancer (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ਜੰਤਰੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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