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occultist

noun

Definition of occultist

as in sorcerer

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Recent Examples of occultist Set in Astraea, a bioluminescent city that worships the stars, Florescentia follows Lucia Fairfax, an inventor and occultist reeling from the loss of her husband due to one of her rituals. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026 Vampyr focuses on a young man and occultist (Nicolas de Gunzburg) who attempts to free a French village from the curse of a bloodthirsty fiend. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026 He was given a chance to do a try-out performance, which was promptly ruled occultist. — Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025

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Noun

After one season of sorcerer play calling, offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak took the Raiders’ head coaching job.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
The sorcerers, it was thought, targeted their victims by stealing bits of their hair, clothes, nails, or feces, and wrapping them in a bundle with leaves.

— Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of sorcerer

Noun

When Lemuel Gulliver is on his travels, a necromancer offers him the chance to summon up any spirit from the dead.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
That’s more than can be said for the sequel, which is just driven by pandering, up to and including bringing back characters who’ve died, usually with the help of necromancer Quan Chi (Damon Herriman).

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 May 2026

Definition of necromancer

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The magician—and apparently her family, down through the generations—is responsible for keeping this creature at bay by binding it to a living body that remains immobile.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Young, who reached career highs in every major passing category last year, has been a magician in late-game situations.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of magician

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For years Johnson, the disheveled political magus, was the golden boy of Britain's Conservative Party.

— Sam Kiley, CNN, 30 June 2022
But other students are there for Wittgenstein the sage, the magus, the riddler—the man who left Russell bewildered by a turn to mysticism at the end of a book that was supposed to be about logic.

— Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022

Definition of magus

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According to evidence summarized by the Supreme Judicial Court, Sanders had become consumed by conspiracy theories involving the Illuminati and expressed fears about voodoo before the killings.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
With the right approach — time, money, fertilizer, water, novenas, voodoo, sacrificing a goat — these hardest plants to keep alive will delight you for a long time — at least one or two weeks.

— Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of voodoo

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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

Definition of enchanter

Noun

Months earlier, Andy accidentally entered a magical portal, became a mage and saved the realm, but no one at home believed him.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
This young adult fantasy follows a 16-year-old who discovers a magical attack and realizes this new world of demons and mages has a connection to her mother’s death.

— Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Definition of mage

Noun

The first witch trial in Ireland took place in Kilkenny in 1324, but people who were suspected as sources of suffering have been murdered since prehistory.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
In her 2016 film The Love Witch, writer and director Anna Biller told the story of a modern-day witch driven by her desire for the kind of classical romance that fairy tales are made of.

— Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

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