Sorcerer

Definition: Sorcerer

Sorcerer

Noun

1. One who practices magic or sorcery.

Date "sorcerer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Sorcerer \Sor"cer*er\, noun. [Compare to the French expression sorcier. See Sorcery.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definition
Computing	SORCERER A simple tree parser generator by Terence Parr . SORCERER is suitable for translation problems lying between those solved by code generator generators and by full source-to-source translator generators. SORCERER generates simple, flexible, top-down, tree parsers that, in contrast to code generators, may execute actions at any point during a tree walk. SORCERER accepts extended BNF notation, allows predicates to direct the tree walk with semantic and syntactic context information, and does not rely on any particular intermediate form, parser generator, or other pre-existing application. SORCERER is included in the Purdue Compiler-Construction Tool Set. Version: 1.00B (ftp://marvin.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/pccts/sorcerer/) E-mail: ("e-mail sor.tar.Z.uu" in subject). Mailing list: pccts-users-request@ahpcrc.umn.edu (message body: "subscribe pccts-users YOUR-NAME", where YOUR-NAME can be your name or e-mail address). (1994-02-15). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Bible	Sorcerer from the Latin sortiarius, one who casts lots, or one who tells the lot of others. (See DIVINATION.) In Dan. 2:2 it is the rendering of the Hebrew mekhashphim, i.e., mutterers, men who professed to have power with evil spirits. The practice of sorcery exposed to severest punishment (Mal. 3:5; Rev. 21:8; 22:15). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Dream Interpretation	To dream of a sorcerer, foretells your ambitions will undergo strange disappointments and change. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A sorcerer (from Old French 'sorcier') is a man believed to be able to cast spells; he is usually compared to a black magician or a warlock. A Sorcerer is different from a Wizard in that he uses magic for personal reasons (money, fame, naked virgins, etc.) rather than public good. Do not ask a Sorcerer for a cup of sugar. Having the door slammed in your face is the least that could happen.

Fem.: sorceress.

Synonyms: Sorcerer

Synonyms: magician (n), necromancer (n), wizard (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Oracle	Noun: oracle; prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur, fortune teller, crystal gazer, witch, geomancer, aruspex; aruspice, haruspice; haruspex; astrologer, star gazer; Sibyl; Python, Pythoness; Pythia; Pythian oracle, Delphian oracle; Monitor, Sphinx, Tiresias, Cassandra, Sibylline leaves; Zadkiel, Old Moore; sorcerer; interpreter.
Sorcerer	Noun: sorcerer, magician; thaumaturgist, theurgist; conjuror, necromancer, seer, wizard, witch; hoodoo, voodoo; fairy; lamia, hag.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Sorcerer

English words defined with "sorcerer": enchanter, enchantress ♦ fata morgana ♦ magus ♦ sorceress ♦ witch. (references)

Specialty definitions using "sorcerer": Adultery ♦ Barjesus, Bar-jesus ♦ Cartoons ♦ Elymas ♦ Purdue Compiler-Construction Tool Set ♦ sorcery. (references)

Etymologies containing "sorcerer": sorcery ♦ Voodooism. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You're a sorcerer. (Willow; writing credit: Bob Dolman; George Lucas) Albus Dumbledore is the greatest sorcerer in the world! (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; writing credit: Steven Kloves)
Movie/TV Titles	The Flying Sorcerer (1973) Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994) Vampire Vs. Sorcerer (1990) Ninja: The Violent Sorcerer (1986) Robin Hood and the Sorcerer (1983)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	The Sorcerer's Scrapbook, Or, 'Why I Am a Wizard': Being the Life and Times of Nicodemus Magnus, Sorcerer to the Duke and Doctor of Magick, Told in (reference) The Sorcerer of Bolinas Reef (reference) The Vanishing Conjurer and The Statue of the Sorcerer, a Call of Cthulhu Supplement (reference) The sorcerer with deadly nightshade eyes ; followed by, The foundling at the bottom of the well : poems in verse and prose (reference) Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer (Helix Books) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Sorcerer (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Sorcerer (1977 Film) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) The Sorcerer [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Elymas the Sorcerer Struck with Blindness. / Raphael d'Urbin pinx. E. Cooper ex. J. Simon fec. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Coming! Prof. H.B. Reynolds the world renowned sorcerer, necromancer, and magician will appear in Freaks .... Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Date	Quotation
Communist Manifesto	1848	Modern bourgeois society with its relations of production, of exchange and of property, a society that has conjured up such gigantic means of production and of exchange, is like the sorcerer, who is no longer able to control the powers of the nether world whom he has called up by his spells. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Human Rights	Benin	In April in Bante sub-prefecture, newspapers reported that "an enraged mob" set on fire and burned to death a suspected sorcerer and an accused thug. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	SORCERY, n. The ancient prototype and forerunner of political influence. It was, however, deemed less respectable and sometimes was punished by torture and death. Augustine Nicholas relates that a poor peasant who had been accused of sorcery was put to the torture to compel a confession. After enduring a few gentle agonies the suffering simpleton admitted his guilt, but naively asked his tormentors if it were not possible to be a sorcerer without knowing it.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Sorcerer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 86.00% of the time. "Sorcerer" is used about 50 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)	86%	43	52,181
Noun (proper)	8%	4	175,879
Adjective (comparative)	6%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	50	N/A

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "sorcerer": sorcerer-in-charge.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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.

Language		Translations for "sorcerer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		towenaar (enchanter, magician, warlock, wizard). (various references)

Albanian		magjistar (conjurer, conjuror, enchanter, fascinator, mage, magician, magus, medicine man, thaumaturge, Warlock, wizard). (various references)

Arabic		‏المشعوذ (charlatan, conjurer, magician, magus, mountebank, operator, prestidigitator, voodoo, warlock), ‏الساحر (charmer, conjurer, enchanter, magician, voodoo, warlock, wizard). (various references)

Bulgarian		магьосник (mage, magician, medicine man, necromancer, theurgist, voodoo, wise man, wiz, wizard). (various references)

Chinese		巫师, 妖人 (magician). (various references)

Czech		kouzelník (conjurer, conjuror, enchanter, illusionist, mage, magician, magus, medicine man, spellbinder, wise man, witchdoctor, wizard), èarodìjník. (various references)

Dutch		tovenaar (enchanter, magician, warlock, wizard), duivelskunstenaar (enchanter, magician, warlock, wizard). (various references)

Esperanto		sorĉisto (enchanter, magician, warlock, wizard). (various references)

Finnish		velho (magician, sorceress, witch, wizard), taikuri (conjurer, magician, wizard), noita (magician), manaaja, loitsija (magician). (various references)

French		sorcier. (various references)

Frisian		tsjoender (enchanter, magician, warlock, wizard). (various references)

German		Zauberer (captivator, conjurer, enchanter, magician, sorcerers, warlock, wizard, wizards). (various references)

Greek		γόησ (charmer, enchanter), μάγοσ (bewitcher, conjurer, conjuror, magician, medicineman, wizard). (various references)

Hebrew		מכשף (hoodoo, magus, wizard), אשף (bat, enchanter, magician, wizard), בעל אוב (magician, necromaner). (various references)

Hungarian		varázsló (cole prophet, conjurer, conjuror, enchanter, magician, medicine man, powwow, pow-wow, Warlock, wizard). (various references)

Italian		stregone (medicine man, Warlock, witch doctor, wizard), mago (enchanter, magician, magicians, whiz kid, wizard). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�"法使い (magician, witch, wizard), ゼロ地点 (general strike, ground zero, sausage, sewing kit, social dancing, social worker, soda-lime glass, source, source file, source-code), 妖�"者 (magician, sorceress). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		まほうつかい (magician, witch, wizard), ソーサラー , ようじゅつしゃ (magician, sorceress). (various references)

Korean		마법사 (Wizard). (various references)

Manx		pishagagh (incantatory, magical, superstitious), fer obbee (conjurer, warlock, witch-doctor, wizard), druiaghtagh (enchanting, romantic, wizard), druai. (various references)

Papiamen		tovenar (enchanter, magician, warlock, wizard). (various references)

Pig Latin		orcerersay

Portuguese		mágico (conjurer, fairy, mage, magic, magical, magician, mystical, warlock, witching), feiticeiro (archimage, magician, medicine man, powwow, warlock, witchcraft, witchdoctor, wizard), bruxo (magician, warlock, wizard). (various references)

Romanian		vrãjitor (charmer, conjuror, enchanter, magician, magus, necromancer, powwow, wizard), magician (magician, wizard). (various references)

Russian		колдун (exorcist, magician, medicine man, necromancer, obeah man, warlock, witch-doctor, wizard). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		vrač (diviner, fortune teller, mage, medicine man, medicineman, witch doctor), veštac (warlock), bajalica (spell), čarobnjak (enchanter, mage, magician, sprite, warlock, wizard). (various references)

Spanish		hechicero (charming, glamorous, glamourous, medicine man, witchdoctor). (various references)

Swahili		mchawi (enchanter, magician, warlock, wizard). (various references)

Swedish		trollkarl (conjurer, conjuror, enchanter, fascinator, illusionist, magician, viz, Warlock, wizard). (various references)

Thai		พ่อม�". (various references)

Turkish		sihirbaz (charmer, conjurer, conjuror, illusionist, mage, magician, Warlock, wise man, witch, wizard), síhírbaz (enchanter, magician, warlock, wizard), büyücü (charmer, enchanter, magician, necromancer, necromantic, Warlock, wise man, witch, wizard), afsuncu (conjurer, conjuror, witch). (various references)

Ukrainian		чарівник (charmer, enchanter, magician, necromancer, Warlock, wizard), фокусник (conjurer, conjuror, enchanter, magician, prestidigitator, wizard). (various references)

Vietnamese		thầy phù thuỷ (exorcist, magician, medicine-man). (various references)

Welsh		swynwr (enchanter, magician, warlock, wizard), swyn.gyfareddwr, dewin (augur, diviner, enchanter, mage, magician, warlock, wizard). (various references)

Yucatec		waay (enchanter, magician, warlock, wizard). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Akkadian	3000 BCE-Modern	kassapu. (various references)
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	baskanos. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	magus, malefici, maleficis, maleficos, venefici, veneficis. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	ýâtavô, ýâtumaiti. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Acts Chapter 13, Verse 8
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Anqistato de autoiV elumaV o magoV outwV gar meqermhneuetai to onoma autou zhtwn diastreyai ton anqupaton apo thV pistewV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Resistebat autem illis Elymas magus sic enim interpretatur nomen eius quaerens avertere proconsulem a fide
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	But Elymas witche withstoode hem; for his name is expowned so; and he souyte to turne awei the proconsul fro bileue.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	But Elemas the sorcerar (for so was his name by interpretacion) wt stode them and sought to turne awaye the ruler fro the fayth.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	But Elymas, the wonder-worker (for that is the sense of his name), put himself against them, with the purpose of turning the ruler from the faith.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Acts Chapter 13, Verse 8
Croatian	ali im se usprotivi Elim, Vraèar - tako mu se ime prevodi - nastojeæi odvratiti namjesnika od vjere.
Finnish	Mutta Elymas, noita - sillä niin tulkitaan hänen nimensä - vastusti heitä, koettaen kääntää käskynhaltijaa pois uskosta.
French	Mais Élymas, le magicien, -car c`est ce que signifie son nom, -leur faisait opposition, cherchant � détourner de la foi le proconsul.
Maori	Otira i tautohe ki a raua a Erima te kaimakutu, ko te whakamaoritanga hoki tenei o tona ingoa, i mea kia tahuri ke te tino kawana i te whakapono.
Norwegian	Men Elymas, trollmannen for således uttydes hans navn stod dem imot og søkte å vende landshøvdingen bort fra troen.
Rumanian	Dar Elima, vrqjitorul, -cqci awa se tklcuiewte numele lui-le stqtea kmpotrivq, wi cquta sq abatq pe dregqtor dela credinyq.
Shuar	Tura uwishin Erimias nuna nakitiak "Auka pénkerchaiti" Tímiayi. Akupniusha Yúsan umirkain tusa nuna Tímiayi.
Uma	Modao' -ra hobo' hi lewuto' toe, duu' -ra rata hi ngata Pafos. Hi ria-ra mpohirua' -ki hadua to Yahudi, hanga' -na Baryesus. Hi rala basa Yunani hanga' -na Elimas. Elimas toei, hadua topobali'mata to wori' inca-na, pai' na'uli' wo'o kahi'a-na nabi Alata'ala. Hi'a toei bale-na gubernur to hi lewuto' toe, Sergius Paulus hanga' -na. Gubernur toei, tauna to pante. Nakio' -ra Barnabas pai' Saulus tumai mpohirua' -ki, apa' doko' na'epe-hawo Lolita Alata'ala. Aga Elimas topobali'mata toei, mpobaro lolita-ra, apa' doko' nalawa' bona neo' mpai' gubernur mepangala' hi Yesus.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "sorcerer": sorcerers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Sorcerer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Carcereri, socerer, sorcer, sorceror, sorcorer, sorerer, soruerer. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "sorcerer" (pronounced 'Sor"cer*er'): Abaiser, Abandoner, Abaser, Abater, Abhorrer, Abider, Abjurer, Abolisher, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Abutter, Acater, Acceder, Accelerometer, Accepter, Accipenser, Accipiter, Acclaimer, Accompanier, Accomplisher, Accorder, Accruer, Accumber, Accuser, Acetifier, Acetimeter, Acetometer, Achiever, Acidifier, Acidimeter, Acipenser, Acknowledger, Acoumeter, Acquirer, Acquitter, Acroter, Actinometer, Adducer, Adelaster, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admeasurer. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-o-r-r-r-s"
	-1 letter: rescore.
	-2 letters: corers, crores, errors, rerose, scorer.
	-3 letters: ceres, ceros, corer, cores, corse, crore, erose, error, score, scree, serer, sorer.
	-4 letters: cees, cere, cero, core, cors, eros, errs, orcs, ores, recs, rees, rocs, roes, rose, seer, sere, sore.
	-5 letters: cee, cor, cos, ere, err, ers, oes, orc, ore, ors, ose, rec, ree, res, roc, roe.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-o-r-r-r-s"
	+1 letter: recorders, rerecords, sorcerers.
	+2 letters: conferrers, prerecords, recoverers.
	+3 letters: corepressor, corroborees, crossbearer, crowberries, reinforcers, reproachers, reproducers.
	+4 letters: coralberries, corepressors, coresearcher, crossbearers, cryopreserve, ecoterrorism, ecoterrorist, greengrocers, microbrewers, microreaders, orchestrater, overcorrects, overreachers, preprocessor, redecorators, refractories, resurrection, retrorockets, sharecropper, torchbearers.
	+5 letters: baroreceptors, controverters, coresearchers, cotransferred, counterorders, cryopreserved, cryopreserves, cryosurgeries, ecoterrorisms, ecoterrorists, hyperreactors, orchestraters, overprescribe, preprocessors, reoccurrences, reorchestrate, respirometric, resurrections, sharecroppers.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 6F 72 63 65 72 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101111 01110010 01100011 01100101 01110010 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#111 &#114 &#99 &#101 &#114 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006F 0072 0063 0065 0072 0065 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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place sorcerer	25	abandonware simon sorcerer	8
lotto serial sorcerer	22	sorcerer on the rock	8
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harry potter and the sorcerer stone summary	17	harry pc potter sorcerer stone through walk	8
cheat harry play potter sorcerer station stone	16	sorcerer spells	8
sword and sorcerer	14	harry hint potter sorcerer stone	8
cheat harry pc potter sorcerer stone	14	sorcerer hunter image	7
harry potter and the sorcerer s stone	11	sorcerer hunter pic	7
harry picture potter sorcerer stone	11	sorcerer hunter picture	7
harry potter and the sorcerer stone game	11	sorcerer tower	6
lotto sorcerer	11	class sorcerer	6
		harry potter script sorcerer stone	6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Sorcerer

Definition: Sorcerer

Sorcerer

Noun

Specialty Definition: Sorcerer

Specialty Definition: Sorcerer

Synonyms: Sorcerer

Synonyms within Context: Sorcerer

Oracle

Sorcerer

Crosswords: Sorcerer

Modern Usage: Sorcerer

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Usage Frequency: Sorcerer

Expression: Sorcerer

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sorcerer

Modern Translation: Sorcerer

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Ancestral Language Translations: Sorcerer

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Matched Bible Translations: Sorcerer

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Rhyming with "Sorcerer"

Anagrams: Sorcerer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: Sorcerer

53 6F 72 63 65 72 65 72

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01010011 01101111 01110010 01100011 01100101 01110010 01100101 01110010

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