Mage

//meɪd͡ʒ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.
  2. 2
    Synonym of magus: a Zoroastrian priest. obsolete

    "While the liberality of Gelo and his brother Hiero atracted every stranger who could amuse or instruct the court of Syracuse, a Persian Mage related to the former of those princes that he himself had circumnavigated the whole continent of Africa."

Synonyms

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charmerconjurerenchanterillusionistmagic usermagician

Example

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"The magician Sarah. Apparently people call her "The Great Mage" or some such."

Etymology

From Middle English mages (plurale tantum), from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek Μάγος (Mágos), from the hapax Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁 (m-gu-u-š /⁠maguš⁠/). Doublet of magus.

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black mageblood mage

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