sorcerer
UK/ˈsɔːsəɹə(ɹ)//ˈsoɹ.sɚ.ɚ/
sorcerer noun: a magician or wizard. Sometimes specifically male.
Noun
sorcerer (plural sorcerers)
- A magician or wizard. Sometimes specifically male.
- Pope Joan, who once occupied the throne of the Vatican, was reputed to be the blackest sorcerer of them all.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 105
- These, it was believed, would prevent the Arch-fiend from entering the charmed ring and wreaking vengeance upon the sorcerers.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 116
- A person whose skills or abilities appear almost magical.
- The goalscorer was Eberechi Eze, Palace’s sorcerer-in-chief, and it came in the 16th minute from an assist by Daniel Muñoz, who was irrepressible up and down the right.2025 May 17, David Hytner, “Crystal Palace stun Manchester City to win FA Cup amid drama and Henderson controversy”, in The Guardian
sorcerer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sorcerer in Hindi
- magician/wizard drawing upon natural powers
- जादूगर jādūgar, ओझा ojhā, साहिर sāhir, सयाना sayānā
sorcerer in Tamil
- மந்திரவாதி
sorcerer in Marathi
- a sorcerer, warlock, or practitioner of black magic
- चेटक्या ceṭakyā
sorcerer in Urdu
- magician/wizard drawing upon natural powers
- جادو گَر jādū gar, ساحِر sāhir
More languagesFewer languages
- sorcerer in Bengali
- যাদুকর jadukor
- sorcerer in Telugu
- శూన్యగాడు śūnyagāḍu
- sorcerer in Malayalam
- ഒടിയൻ oṭiyaṉ
- sorcerer in Kannada
- ಮಾಂತ್ರಿಕ māntrika
- sorcerer in Odia
- ଅବଟ abaṭa
- sorcerer in Sanskrit
- यातुधान yātudhā́na
- sorcerer in Assamese
- ওজা üza
- sorcerer in Tagalog
- alasip
- sorcerer in Arabic
- سَاحِر sāḥir
- sorcerer in Indonesian
- ahli sihir, tukang sihir, penyihir
- sorcerer in Persian
- جادوگَر jâdugar, ساحِر sâher
- sorcerer in Thai
- พ่อมด pɔ̂ɔ-mót
- sorcerer in Vietnamese
- phù thuỷ, thầy phù thủy
Examples of sorcerer in a sentence
- Said the sorcerer had found him in the stables and witched him.”
- That blood and pain paid a dividend, too, even when the subject wasn't a sorcerer.
- The strange sorcerer who was muttering into the telling-bone had found lots of them.
Synonyms of sorcerer
Forms of sorcerer
| plural | sorcerers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | sorceror |
Origin of sorcerer
From Middle English sorcerere, from stem sorcer- (as in sorceresse and sorcery) + -ere, from Old French sorcer, sorcier, from Early Medieval Latin sortiārius, derived from Latin sortem (“fate, fortune”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”).
Words formed from sorcerer
Questions about sorcerer
- What does sorcerer mean?
- Sorcerer means a magician or wizard. Sometimes specifically male.
- What is sorcerer in Hindi?
- Sorcerer in Hindi is जादूगर (jādūgar), ओझा (ojhā), साहिर (sāhir). See Sorcerer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sorcerer?
- Sorcerer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sorcerer?
- Sorcerer is pronounced /ˈsɔːsəɹə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sorcerer?
- The plural of sorcerer is sorcerers.
Words near sorcerer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sorcerer (page history and authors); sorcerer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); चेटक्या (Marathi) (page history and authors); శూన్యగాడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ഒടിയൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ଅବଟ (Odia) (page history and authors); यातुधान (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); ওজা (Assamese) (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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