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summoner

summoner

1 8.4
A person who uses magic to call spirits or creatures to help
  • noun
  • /ˈsʌmənər/
  • Jargon
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  • And it seemed to him the pale and lovely Summoner out there smiled at him and beckoned.

Hara, he's dying and we find out that the Summoner brings him back into life.

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Examples

  • I am Simon the Summoner.

  • Don't you see that the summoner never stops and those who are taken away do not return?

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  • What I want to know is why they don't just let Jared be the Summoner.

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  • It is important to discover summoners that are effective and familiar with particular regional laws.

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  • In the fantasy game, the summoner called forth a powerful dragon to assist in battle.

  • The skilled summoner used an ancient spell to summon spirits from the other realm.

  • During the ceremony, the summoner drew a circle on the ground to invoke magical creatures.

Synonyms

necromancer
vssummoner
  • Literature
8 9.9

A person who uses magic to talk to or bring dead people back to life

focuses specifically on the dead rather than all spirits or creatures
conjurer
vssummoner
  • Literature
1 9.0

A person who uses magic and rituals that people think have real powers

focuses specifically on calling forth spirits, creatures, or magical forces
invoker
vssummoner
1 8.2

A person who asks for something to happen, often in a ritual

applies more specifically to calling spirits, creatures, or magical forces
evoker
vssummoner
9.9

A person who tries to call ghosts or other spirits

is broader and used often in stories, games, and fantasy settings

Surface Forms

summoner singular
summoners plural

Morphology

summoner = summon (transparent) = summon + er

Agent noun formed regularly from 'summon'; the magical sense is an application of 'one who summons' (calls forth).

Etymology

Summoner comes from the verb summon, from the Latin monere meaning 'to call'. In stories and games a summoner 'calls up' spirits or creatures to appear and help, so the origin explains why the word means someone who brings magical beings into a scene.