SORCERER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sorcerer mean? 

• SORCERER (noun)
  The noun SORCERER has 1 sense:

1. one who practices magic or sorcery

  Familiarity information: SORCERER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SORCERER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One who practices magic or sorcery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

magician; necromancer; sorcerer; thaumaturge; thaumaturgist; wizard

Hypernyms ("sorcerer" is a kind of...):

occultist (a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sorcerer"):

enchanter (a sorcerer or magician)

exorciser; exorcist (someone who practices exorcism)

magus (a magician or sorcerer of ancient times)

sorceress (a woman sorcerer)

witch doctor (someone who is believed to heal through magical powers)

Instance hyponyms:

Cagliostro; Count Alessandro di Cagliostro; Giuseppe Balsamo (Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743-1795))

 Context examples 

Mr. Holmes, you are a wizard, a sorcerer!

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I can never go back to my father’s house,” said he; “they would say I am a sorcerer: I will journey forth into the world, till I come again to my kingdom.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Glubbdubdrib, as nearly as I can interpret the word, signifies the island of sorcerers or magicians.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

In Matemagos, the player enters the Kingdom of Tabu'Ada (the kindom's name makes a reference to a word in Portuguese for multiplication tables), where a sorcerer opens a dimensional portal, allowing the entrance of evil creatures.

(Brazilian professor creates mobile game that combines fun with mathematics, Agência Brasil)