sorceress
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈsɔrsərəs/
- Literature
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hechicera
- In the enchanted forest, the villagers whispered tales of a powerful sorceress who could control the elements.
- sorceress or witch
His aunt was a Spinoza quoting equestrian sorceress.
- His aunt was a Spinoza quoting equestrian sorceress.
- Phylomen, sorceress of psyche reaches into unconscious longing.
- As it's going to turn out later, it has to do with the fact that ARD is actually a sorceress, right?
- Scorpio is the really deep sorceress like shamanic realm.
Examples
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Elizabeth Olsen plays the sorceress character.
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"Vivian Dacobra is a sorceress, well versed in black magic," I told him.
Fiction book (2001) -
Some say that she is a sorceress of the black arts.
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No cry came out of it, no fire, but the sorceress turned to face it.
Fiction book (1993) -
From the magic of a sorceress, I was given life.
Fiction book (1998) -
It's time for the sorceress to become the soldier.
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I did battle with dragons and fought an evil sorceress!
Fiction book (1998) -
Our sister Rowena, our battle sorceress.
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It is my heart's desire to become a sorceress.
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I've come to find the great sorceress, Fin Raziel.
Synonyms
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4.1
A woman believed to have magical powers in stories
260
4.6
A person who uses magic to do powerful or strange things
107
7.9
A person who uses magic to make things happen
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9.5
A person who uses magic in stories or myths
9
8.6
A woman in stories who uses magic to control people
1
9.4
A woman who heals people and guides them about spirits
1
9.9
A woman who uses magic and casts spells
1
9.9
A woman who uses folk magic to heal and help people
How Powerful
1
9.9
- Literature
14
8.2
- Literature
9
8.6
112
5.2
245
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
sorceress = sorcerer (transparent) = sorcer + ess
The word is formed by adding the feminine suffix '-ess' to the base denoting a practitioner ('sorcerer'), so the female sense is directly deducible.
Etymology
Sorceress comes from an old Latin word sors meaning 'lot' or 'fate', because people who used magic were often thought to read or change someone's fate. The ending -ess means 'woman', like in actress, so sorceress is a woman who practices sorcery.