sorceress
/ˈsɔː(ɹ)səɹəs/
sorceress noun: a female sorcerer, especially one who is elegant; compare witch.
Noun
sorceress (plural sorceresses)
- A female sorcerer, especially one who is elegant; compare witch.
- The strange-looking chamber, the red glare of the charcoal, her tall form, and long black hair loose, realised the wildest dream of one of the sorceresses of old, bending over herb and drug, to form their potent spells.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Laboratory”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 328
- Perch: In the head of this fish there are small stones that sorceresses used in concocting love-philtres.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 180
sorceress meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
sorceress in Hindi
- female wizard
- जादूगरनी jādūgarnī, डायन ḍāyan, भानमती bhānamtī, टोनहाई ṭonhāī
sorceress in Tamil
- யோகினி
sorceress in Urdu
- جادوگرنی
sorceress in Bengali
- জাদুকরী, ডাকিনী
More languagesFewer languages
- sorceress in Sanskrit
- डाकिनी ḍākinī, कृत्यका kṛtyakā, मायाविनी māyāvinī, यातुमती f. कुहकिनी yātumatī
- sorceress in Arabic
- سَاحِرَة sāḥira
Forms of sorceress
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Origin of sorceress
From Middle English sorceresse, from Anglo-Norman sorceresse.
Questions about sorceress
- What does sorceress mean?
- Sorceress means a female sorcerer, especially one who is elegant; compare witch.
- What is sorceress in Hindi?
- Sorceress in Hindi is जादूगरनी (jādūgarnī), डायन (ḍāyan), भानमती (bhānamtī). See Sorceress meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sorceress?
- Sorceress is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sorceress?
- Sorceress is pronounced /ˈsɔː(ɹ)səɹəs/.
- What is the plural of sorceress?
- The plural of sorceress is sorceresses.
Words near sorceress in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sorceress (page history and authors); sorceress (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sorceress (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sorceress (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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