A lover of wisdom; an expert in or student of philosophy (in various senses); a person skilled or engaged in philosophical inquiry. Formerly also…

(a) A person who is skilled in or belongs to a particular craft or profession; a craftsman; an artisan; †(b) a person with supernatural or…

A native of Chaldea, esp. (as at Babylon) one skilled in occult learning, astrology, etc.; hence gen. a seer, soothsayer, astrologer. (So Greek Χαλ…

A person skilled in magic arts or occult sciences; an astrologer, an alchemist. Obsolete.

One skilled in mystic arts or learning.

Usually in plural, with the. A person who has attained knowledge of the secrets of alchemy, magic, and the occult, (now esp.) an initiate into the…

A person who has attained knowledge of the secrets of alchemy, magic, and the occult, esp. a skilled alchemist. Cf. adept, n. 1, adeptus, n.

Originally: a person who has attained knowledge of the secrets of alchemy, magic, and the occult, (now esp.) an initiate into the secrets of a…

An expert in or adherent of occultism.