单词 | devil dealer |
释义 | > as lemmasdevil dealer devil dealer n. a person who has dealings, or makes deals, with the Devil or devils; a sorcerer. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > [noun] > that deals with demons devil clepera1382 diabolist1597 devil-monger1676 demoniast1726 devil dealer1727 demonosopher1780 demonurgist1798 1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. i. 33 The Magicians were not all Sorcerers and Devil-dealers. ?1734 ‘Pilgrim Plowden’ Farrago 166 By the spight of that cain-countenanc'd old devil-dealer was this arrest procur'd. 1830 National Mag. Nov. 587 The bishop, we are told, prosecuted these dunghill devil-dealers with all his vengeance. 1900 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 37 But body-stealer, coiner, or devil-dealer, one thing was certain, Kelly ‘saw’. 2012 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 13 Oct. (Arts & Life section) 7 The original devil dealer, Dr. Faustus. < as lemmas |
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