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[ sawr -ser-er ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈsɔr sər ər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a person who practices sorcery; black magician; wizard.
Origin of sorcerer 1520–30; earlier sorcer, Middle English <Middle French sorcier, perhaps <Vulgar Latin *sortiārius one who casts lots, equivalent to Latin sort- (stem of sors ) lot, fate + -i- -i- + -ārius -ier2 ; see -er1
OTHER WORDS FROM sorcerer un·der·sor·cer·er, noun Words nearby sorcerer sorbol, Sorbonist, Sorbonne, sorbo rubber, sorbose, sorcerer , sorceress, sorcerous, sorcery, sord, Sordello
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Early in the year, Hagrid brings a package to Hogwarts, the Sorcerer 's Stone, which grants immortality.
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So the sorcerer was brought, and he stood up in the council and looked from one to another.
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He may meet them anywhere, but is especially apt to dog the footsteps of the sorcerer who killed him.
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One old man, the sorcerer or medicine man of the tribe, peculiarly impressed me.
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Your mere wish shall be as a sorcerer 's wand, to bring you the thing of your idlest desire.
The sorcerer is outlawed, and betakes himself to the secret performance of unholy rites in dark and unwholesome circumstances.
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British Dictionary definitions for sorcerer sorcerer feminine sorceress (ˈsɔːsərɪs )
noun a person who seeks to control and use magic powers; a wizard or magician
Word Origin for sorcerer C16: from Old French sorcier, from Vulgar Latin sortiārius (unattested) caster of lots, from Latin sors lot
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