as in sorcerer
a person skilled in using supernatural forces
in Shakespeare's play an enchanter creates a storm at sea that causes his rivals to be cast upon the shores of his magical isle
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Recent Examples of enchanter
Like Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum and other great enchanters before him, Miyazaki, now 82, delights in ushering us, alongside his young heroines and heroes, into ravishing storybook worlds that are at once scarily unquantifiable and eerily recognizable.
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Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
It’s been generations since the rise of Dark Lord Morgoth, but armies led by the likes of Morfydd Clark’s Galadriel have been fighting Morgoth and his legions, including bloodthirsty orcs and the powerful enchanter Sauron.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2022
When accused, the enchanter or enchantress will likely attempt to label you a hypocrite for supporting vaccine mandates.
—Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 2 Sep. 2021
The tourbillon variations are marked GG727.25.T. Not so incidentally, even the movement identifications have significance: the numerical designation is considered talismanic by the enchanter himself, Michele.
—Nancy Olson, Forbes, 19 May 2021
There’s an intimacy, an intensity that Reyes curdles throughout with an enchanter’s touch.
—Wired Staff, Wired, 29 Sep. 2020
Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
It’s been generations since the rise of Dark Lord Morgoth, but armies led by the likes of Morfydd Clark’s Galadriel have been fighting Morgoth and his legions, including bloodthirsty orcs and the powerful enchanter Sauron.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2022
When accused, the enchanter or enchantress will likely attempt to label you a hypocrite for supporting vaccine mandates.
—Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 2 Sep. 2021
The tourbillon variations are marked GG727.25.T. Not so incidentally, even the movement identifications have significance: the numerical designation is considered talismanic by the enchanter himself, Michele.
—Nancy Olson, Forbes, 19 May 2021
There’s an intimacy, an intensity that Reyes curdles throughout with an enchanter’s touch.
—Wired Staff, Wired, 29 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enchanter
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Based on Gege Akutami’s manga, the film follows Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru, two sorcerers tasked with protecting Amanai Riko, a student chosen as the Star Plasma Vessel, while being pursued by curse users and a religious cult.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
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The sorcerers also reveal that Bruce Banner has become Infinity Hulk, a living vessel for the Infinity Stones.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Yennefer is gathering mages to help get to him from all angles.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Sep. 2025
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In another magical Miami tale, a broke witch who works in a spellshop and an adjunct professor who’s secretly a popular himbo mage team up to win a spellcasting reality show competition — except someone is sabotaging the contestants’ work.—
Lia Amador,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Drinkwitz likened quarterback Diego Pavia to a magician.—
Chase Gemes,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
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In this 2005 Disney Channel Original Movie, Aly Michalka plays Allyson Miller, an aspiring television producer who creates a reality show searching for the next great kid magician.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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The apple-munching Euphoria actor slipped into Tilda Swinton’s plush period dress from the ravishing 1992 drama, joined by Jeff Goldblum, Wicked’s wizard himself, in sparkly Gucci.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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Three years after their wonderfully creepy first feature film Coraline, the stop-motion wizards at Laika released this horror comedy about an 11-year-old boy who can communicate with the dead.—
Chris Snellgrove,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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Egg carton witches on popsicle stick brooms littered the craft table no matter the season.—
Christa Carmen,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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In Hocus Pocus, Dani, her older brother Max (Omri Katz) and his crush Allison (Vinessa Shaw) have to save the children of Salem, Massachusetts after accidentally awaking the witch Sanderson sisters from their 300-year slumber.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
25 Oct. 2025
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