sorcerer

From Middle English sorcerere, borrowed from Old French sorcier, from Vulgar Latin *sortiarius, from Latin sors, sortis (“oracular response”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sort, lineup”)

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

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sorcerer (plural sorcerers)

1. (fantasy, folklore) A magician or wizard, sometimes specifically male.

Sometimes misspelled sorceror, possibly from erroneous analogy to Latinate words ending in -or

• magician
• wizard

• ensorcel
• sorcery (noun)
• sorceress

sorcerer

1. Alternative form of sorcerere