† sorcern.
Obsolete. rare.
= sorcerer n.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > [noun]
wielerOE
jugglera1100
wielea1350
magicianc1375
sorcerc1400
warlockc1400
mage?a1425
sorcerer1526
witch-mana1538
wizarda1557
wise man1562
cunning man1594
man-witch1601
wonder-master1603
sorcerist1624
talisman1646
ob1659
fascinator1677
varlet1701
Magian1716
brujo1758
mediciner1845
bomoh1851
pellar1865
trollman1865
baloi1871
magic-man1905
Wiccan1971
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1579 Wychez & walkyries wonnen to þat sale,..Sorsers & exorsismus & fele such clerkes.
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. ix. sig. t .iiii v The fyfth is of sorcyers and deuyns.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xx. 133 Sum so [r] seris and vytchis, quhilkis ar instramentis of the ald eneme of mankynd.
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