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Definition: Necromancer |
NecromancerNoun1. One who practices magic or sorcery. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "necromancer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Bible | Necromancer (Deut. 15:11), i.e., "one who interrogates the dead," as the word literally means, with the view of discovering the secrets of futurity (comp. 1 Sam. 28:7). (See DIVINATION.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: NecromancerSynonyms: magician (n), sorcerer (n), wizard (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Sorcerer | Noun: sorcerer, magician; thaumaturgist, theurgist; conjuror, necromancer, seer, wizard, witch; hoodoo, voodoo; fairy; lamia, hag. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Necromancer |
| English words defined with "necromancer": Nigromancien ♦ Psychagogue. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "necromancer": Bermeja ♦ Finetor ♦ Ormandine, Osmand. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "necromancer": Nigromancien. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It is a lonely life, the way of the necromancer oh, yes. Lacrimae Mundi - the tears of the world. (Excalibur; writing credit: Thomas Malory; Rospo Pallenberg) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Necromancer (1988) | |
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Theater & Movies | |
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| "Necromancer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Necromancer" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 20 | 78,262 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
necromancer | 217 |
ever quest necromancer | 80 |
eq necromancer | 30 |
diablo 2 necromancer | 25 |
guide necromancer | 10 |
necromancer picture | 10 |
necromancer game | 9 |
biblical necromancer | 9 |
name necromancer | 9 |
necromancer spells | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "necromancer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shtrigë (Beldam, beldame, cummer, gorgon, hag, hex, lamia, medicaster, medicine man, night-hag, termagant, witch). (various references) | |
Arabic | مستحضر الأرواح. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | макромант, магьосник (mage, magician, medicine man, sorcerer, theurgist, voodoo, wise man, wiz, wizard). (various references) | |
Farsi | غیبگو (Python, Seer), ساحر (Conjurer, Hex, Sorcerous). (various references) | |
French | nécromanien. (various references) | |
German | geisterbeschwörer (exorcist, exorcists). (various references) | |
Greek | νεκρομάντισ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | halottidézõ. (various references) | |
Italian | negromante. (various references) | |
Manx | marroo-ghruaie. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ecromancernay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | necromante, necrologia (death roll, necrologue, obituary). (various references) | |
Romanian | necromant, vrãjitor (charmer, conjuror, enchanter, magician, magus, powwow, sorcerer, wizard). (various references) | |
Russian | некромант. (various references) | |
Scottish | draoidh (magician. See <A HREF="mf05.html#druidh">druidh</A>). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prizivač duhova. (various references) | |
Spanish | nigromante. (various references) | |
Swedish | andebesvärjare (exorcist). (various references) | |
Thai | ผู้มีเวทมนตร์ (magician). (various references) | |
Turkish | ruh çağıran falcı, büyücü (charmer, enchanter, magician, necromantic, sorcerer, Warlock, wise man, witch, wizard). (various references) | |
Ukranian | чарівник (charmer, enchanter, magician, sorcerer, Warlock, wizard), чаклун (charmer, conjurer, conjuror, enchanter, hoodoo, magician, magus, voodoo, weird). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thầy đ"ng gọi h"n. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "necromancer": necromancers. (additional references) | |
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"Necromancer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: necromance, neuromancer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "necromancer" (pronounced 'Nec"ro*man`cer'): Chiromancer, Demilancer, Ear-piercer, Geomancer, greengrocer, ropedancer, sacrificer, Tea-saucer. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-m-n-n-o-r-r" | |
-2 letters: cornerman, cornermen, noncareer. | |
-3 letters: romancer. | |
-4 letters: amercer, anemone, coercer, concern, corneae, creamer, menacer, moneran, romance. | |
-5 letters: amerce, ancone, cancer, canner, careen, career, carmen, carrom, coerce, conner, cornea, corner, earner, enamor, encore, macron, manner, marron, meaner, menace, mercer, moaner, moreen, nearer, ocreae, raceme, rancor, reamer, recane, reearn, remora, rename, roamer. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-e-m-n-n-o-r-r" | |
+1 letter: necromancers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 65 63 72 6F 6D 61 6E 63 65 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . -.-. .-. --- -- .- -. -.-. . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01100011 01110010 01101111 01101101 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N e c r o m a n c e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0063 0072 006F 006D 0061 006E 0063 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4871698481796780697184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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