charmer

noun

Definition of charmernext
as in sorcerer
a person skilled in using supernatural forces the legendary charmer known as the Pied Piper of Hamelin

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  1. sorcerer
  2. magician
  3. mage
  4. wizard
  5. witch
Noun
  • When the cohort last signed off, a concerned sorcerer had teleported an outmatched cleric right into a giant crocodile’s mouth.
    Meghan Herbst, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Merlin: Merlin was a key sorcerer in Arthurian Romance.
    Taylor Grothe, Parents, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of sorcerer
Noun
  • My 5th grade teacher was an amateur magician who used tricks in class.
    April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 20 Oct. 2024
  • The film is essentially Friday the 13th set on a train, but famed magician David Copperfield makes a cameo to set the movie apart from other slashers.
    Steven Thrash, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of magician
Noun
  • Granted, Prophecy is yet another chapter of Hollywood’s infatuation with IP, but it’s also yielded a lavish little soap opera where Emily Watson is a super-powered leader of an all-female finishing school for young intergalactic mages.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
  • The protagonist is an Elda, a race the state church declares is anathema on account of their magical abilities, on a mission to awaken the crown prince by murdering the mage who cast a curse on him years ago.
    Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of mage
Noun
  • At Yew Dell Botanical Gardens, our staff garden wizards have been busy all summer and fall, prepping all the botanical bounty of the growing season to deck the halls for our annual Yuletide at Yew Dell, which takes place Fridays and Saturdays from Nov. 29 to Dec. 21.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Nov. 2024
  • This way, the wizard in focus rotates like the main characters of a television show.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of wizard
Noun
  • The first part of that is spoken by one of the three witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth and was later repurposed by Bradbury as the title of his 1962 fantasy novel, Something Wicked This Way Comes.
    Chris Stanton, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Resembling a witch's face, this nebula is a stellar nursery some 1,300 light-years from Earth.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of witch
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