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warlock

noun

Definition of warlock

as in sorcerer

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Recent Examples of warlock There are barbarians with battle axes and swords, robots with laser guns, spaceships, a warlock with a skull for a face. — Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 4 June 2026 The maniac Nugent, essential American, once a hard-rock warlock, now a vaunting Trumpist. — James Parker, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026 His warlock power is immense and intense. — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026 But meanwhile, these witches and warlocks are dedicating this whole night to Satan. — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 31 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for warlock

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Noun

While much of the plot still remains hidden in the eastern European nation of Latveria, it is known to feature heroes from different timelines that team-up to fight the universe-shattering peril of a sorcerer scientist named Doctor Doom.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
It's based on a Russian fairy tale called the Firebird, which is about a young prince who rescues a coterie of princesses from an evil sorcerer.

— Libby Smith, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of sorcerer

Noun

Houdini offers tribute to some magicians who preceded him and laments that more wasn't known about them.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
In it, an orphan inherits a magician’s book and uses it to recover the memories an authoritarian empire has buried.

— Mark Schilling, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of magician

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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

Noun

Among the counties now favoring Colom is Forrest County, home to Hattiesburg and named for Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Ku Klux Klan’s first grand wizard.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
Forrest County’s Competing Legacies Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Tennessee slave trader who became a Confederate general, later served as the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction.

— Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026

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