Meaning

2 senses
  1. A magician or wizard. Sometimes specifically male.

    Zauberer

    волше́бникvolšébnik, колду́нkoldún, магmag

    чарівни́кčarivnýk, чароді́йčarodíj, чаклу́нčaklún

  2. (figuratively)A person whose skills or abilities appear almost magical.

More definitions
  • one who practices magic or sorcery

Examples

17 sentences
  1. Witches and sorcerers can make use of magic to make impossible things happen.

    deHexen und Zauberer können sich der Magie bedienen, um Unmögliches geschehen zu lassen.

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  2. Tom is a sorcerer.

    Том - чаклун.

    ruТом — колдун.

    deTom ist ein Zauberer.

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  3. The sorcerer put a spell on the children.

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  4. This sorcerer is a wielder of great power.

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  5. What's the difference between a wizard and a sorcerer?

    deWas ist der Unterschied zwischen einem Magier und einem Zauberer?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
magician/wizard drawing upon natural powers:
Русский
By meaning 1
magician/wizard drawing upon natural powers:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
magician/wizard drawing upon natural powers:

Origin

From Middle English sorcerere, from stem sorcer- (as in sorceresse and sorcery) + -ere, fr

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”).

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