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nigromancer

nigromancer is the alternative form of necromancer.

Meaning of necromancer

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

Forms of nigromancer

pluralnigromancers

Origin of nigromancer

From Middle English nigramauncer, nigramaunsir, nigromancer, nigromancere, nigromancier, nigromansere, nigromauncer, nigromauncere, nygramancer, nygramansyer, nygramoncer, nygremancyer, nygrimauncer, nygromancer, nygromancere, nygromancyer, nygromanser, nygromansoure, nygromansyer, nygromauncere, probably partly from Middle French nigremanceor and partly from nigromance + -er.

Questions about nigromancer

What is nigromancer the alternative form of?
Nigromancer is the alternative form of necromancer.

Words near nigromancer in the dictionary

  1. nigritudes
  2. nigritudinous
  3. nigro
  4. nigroe
  5. nigroes
  6. nigromancer
  7. nigromancers
  8. nigromancies
  9. nigromancy
  10. nigromant
  11. nigromantic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nigromancer (page history and authors); necromancer (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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