occultist

noun

Definition of occultistnext
as in sorcerer

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  1. sorcerer
  2. magician
  3. magus
  4. voodoo
  5. enchanter
  6. mage
  7. witch
  8. conjurer
Noun
  • Merlin: Merlin was a key sorcerer in Arthurian Romance.
    Taylor Grothe, Parents, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Since 2013, the coastal California city of Morro Bay has been the site of witch sightings around Halloween time, as hundreds of people dressed in their finest sorcerer's outfits hop onto stand-up paddle boards for the Witches and Warlocks Paddle.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of sorcerer
Noun
  • The Great Buck Howard (2008) In this mostly dull bauble about a kid (Colin Hanks) who works for a possibly fraudulent huckster magician (John Malkovich), Hanks shows up briefly as a skeptical dad.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
  • With Biggest ‘Supermoon’ Of 2024 Similarly, Julian Mather, a former sniper turned children's magician discussed how his career journey had many twists and turns.
    Joseph Liu, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of magician
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • In real life, Laveau was a herbalist, midwife, and Voodoo practitioner in New Orleans, and Tituba was an enslaved Native American woman (not a Black voodoo practitioner as she is often wrongfully depicted).
    Ivana Rihter, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
  • New Orleans, Louisiana Known for its supernatural roots and connection to voodoo, New Orleans takes Halloween celebrations to the next level.
    Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
Definition of voodoo
Noun
  • 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.
    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
Definition of enchanter
Noun
  • 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
  • Before the backdrop of a magmatic cavern stand three adventurers: a warrior, a mage, and a trickster who, with a roll of the dice, are preparing to defeat a tentacled chthonic beast.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
Definition of mage
Noun
  • For a show where the power of witches’ circles was so prominent, Agatha All Along felt like an appropriately full-circle moment for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Marvel’s Agatha All Along has reached the end of the Witches’ Road, which turned out to be quite the alternate reality constructed by a very powerful young witch.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of witch
Noun
  • Along with Murray and Ramos, actors Christopher Bannow, Ariana Venturi, and Daniel Liu, all gifted comedians, also become conjurers as the play goes along.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Goth Shakira is an Aquarian digital conjurer and Queen of Pentacles divining in Los Angeles.
    Goth Shakira, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of conjurer
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