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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who practices or performs necromancy.

   "Necromancers were thought to have the power of restoring activity to the dead, either temporarily or permanently[.]"

2. 2
   one who practices divination by conjuring up the dead wordnet
3. 3
   one who practices magic or sorcery wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

sorcererautomatistcharmercomusconjurerdiabolist

Example

More examples

"The necromancer had four corpse servants."

Etymology

An alteration of nigromancer after necromancy, equivalent to necromancy + -er.

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