sorcerer

English

Alternative forms

sorceror (common misspelling)

Etymology

From Middle English sorcerere, from Old French sorcier, from Early Medieval Latin sortiārius, derived from Latin sortem (“fate, fortune”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːsəɹə(ɹ)/
(US) enPR: sôrʹ-sər-ər, IPA^(key): /ˈsoɹ.sɚ.ɚ/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

sorcerer (plural sorcerers, feminine sorceress)

(mythology, folklore, fantasy) A magician or wizard, sometimes specifically male.
Synonyms: magician, (Hopi culture) powaqa, (Hopi culture) two-heart, wizard
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 105:
  Pope Joan, who once occupied the throne of the Vatican, was reputed to be the blackest sorcerer of them all.
- 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 7:
  "Well, sorcerer?" growled the Norman. "Nay, not well," replied Catweazle shivering miserably, "I have the bone-ache."

Related terms

Translations

magician/wizard drawing upon natural powers

Albanian: yshtës (sq) m, yshtëse (sq) f
Arabic: سَاحِر m (sāḥir)
Armenian: կախարդ (hy) (kaxard), վհուկ (hy) (vhuk)
Belarusian: чараўні́к m (čaraŭník), чарадзе́й m (čaradzjéj)
Bengali: যাদুকর (jadukor)
Breton: sorser (br) m, strobineller (br) m
Bulgarian: вълше́бник (bg) m (vǎlšébnik), магьо́сник (bg) m (magjósnik), чароде́й (bg) m (čarodéj), ве́щер (bg) m (véšter)
Catalan: mag (ca) m, màgic (ca) m, fetiller (ca) m
Chamicuro: shikec̈homalo
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巫師／巫师 (zh) (wūshī), 魔術師／魔术师 (zh) (móshùshī), 男巫 (zh) (nánwū)
Classical Syriac: ܚܰܪܳܫܳܐ
Cornish: pystrier m
Czech: čaroděj (cs) m
Danish: heks c, heksemester c, troldkarl c, troldkvinde c, troldmand c
Dutch: tovenaar (nl)
Egyptian:

(zꜣw m)
Esperanto: sorĉisto
Estonian: võlur (et)
Finnish: velho (fi)
French: sorcier (fr) m, sorcière (fr) f
Galician: feiticeiro m
German: Zauberer (de) m
Greek: μάγος (el) m (mágos)
Ancient: μάγος m (mágos), γόης m (góēs), φαρμακεύς m (pharmakeús)
Haitian Creole: bòkò
Hebrew: מְכַשֵּׁף (he) m (mekhashéf), קוֹסֵם (he) m (kosém)
Hindi: जादूगर (hi) m (jādūgar), ओझा (hi) m (ojhā), साहिर (hi) m (sāhir), सयाना (hi) m (sayānā)
Hopi: powaqa
Hungarian: varázsló (hu)
Icelandic: galdramaður (is) m
Indonesian: ahli sihir (id), tukang sihir, penyihir
Ingrian: tiitäjä
Irish: asarlaí m, draoi m, draíodóir m
Italian: stregone (it) m
Japanese: 魔法使い (ja) (まほうつかい, mahō tsukai), 魔術師 (ja) (まじゅつし, majutsushi)
Kannada: ಮಾಂತ್ರಿಕ (kn) (māntrika)
Kikuyu: mũrogi class 1
Korean: 마법사(魔法師) (ko) (mabeopsa)
Latin: venēficus m, magus m
Macedonian: волшебник m (volšebnik), вештер m (vešter)
Malagasy: mpamosavy (mg)
Manx: druai, druiaghtagh, fer obbee, pishagagh
Maori: kaimakutu
Nauruan: itsibemin (na)
Ngarrindjeri: thumpamarldi
Norman: enchorchéleux m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: trollmann m
Occitan: broish m
Persian: جادوگَر (fa) (jâdugar), ساحِر (fa) (sâher)
Plautdietsch: Zaubra n, Hajksenmeista m
Polish: czarownik (pl) m, czarodziej (pl) m
Portuguese: feiticeiro (pt), sortílego
Quechua: layqa
Romani: ćovaxano
Balkan Romani: drabaritori m (Ursari), magišaro m (Macedonian Arli)

Carpathian Romani: čohano f (East Slovak), čohano m (Burgenland)

Sinte Romani: čovaxano m

Vlax Romani: varašlovo m (Lovara), fêrmêkêtori m (Kalderaš), veštako m (Kalderaš), vrêžîtori m (Kalderaš)

Welsh Romani: čovexano m
Russian: волше́бник (ru) m (volšébnik), колду́н (ru) m (koldún), маг (ru) m (mag), чароде́й (ru) m (čarodéj)
Scots: wizard, warlock
Scottish Gaelic: draoidh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: vrač (sh) m, vračar (sh) m, vračara (sh) f, vračarica f, bajač m, bajačica (sh) f, bajalica (sh) m or f, čarobnjak (sh) m
Slovak: čarodejník m, čarodej m
Slovene: čarovnik (sl) m, vrač m
Spanish: brujo (es) m, hechicero (es) m, sortílego m, mago (es) m
Swedish: trollkarl (sv) c
Tagalog: alasip
Tajik: ҷодугар (jodugar), соҳир (sohir)
Thai: พ่อมด (pɔ̂ɔ-mót)
Turkish: büyücü (tr), yadacı (tr), sihirbaz (tr)
Ukrainian: чарівни́к m (čarivnýk), чароді́й m (čarodíj), чаклу́н m (čaklún), маг (uk) m (mah)
Urdu: جادو گَر m (jādū gar), ساحِر m (sāhir)
Vietnamese: phù thuỷ (vi), thầy phù thủy
Welsh: swyngyfareddwr m, rhiniwr m, hudol m (literary)
Yiddish: מכשף m (mekhashef)

Middle English

Noun

sorcerer

Alternative form of sorcerere

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