as in witch
a woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers asked the sorceress to cast an evil spell over the village

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Recent Examples of sorceress She’s never actually played a magical sorceress, a character that potentially has been alive for hundreds of years, who is cursed to grant people wishes, knowing that those wishes won’t really deliver what people want. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025 Jeff and Shauna are against the sorceress staying at their house, but after some pleading from Callie, both of them relent. Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025 For both, the conflict is structured around the opposition between angelic character and sorceress/witch archetype. Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 26 Jan. 2025 In the production, Williams plays the sorceress Viola Van Horn. Mikelle Street, WWD, 23 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for sorceress

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“Sorceress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorceress. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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