Hypertext Webster Gateway: "SORCERER"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Sorcerer
from the Latin sortiarius, one who casts lots, or one who tells
the lot of others. (See {DIVINATION}.)
In Dan. 2:2 it is the rendering of the Hebrew mekhashphim,
i.e., mutterers, men who professed to have power with evil
spirits. The practice of sorcery exposed to severest punishment
(Mal. 3:5; Rev. 21:8; 22:15).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sorcerer \Sor"cer*er\, n. [Cf. F. sorcier. See {Sorcery}.]
A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician. --Bacon.
Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers.
--Ex. vii. 11.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sorcerer
n : one who practices magic or sorcery [syn: {magician}, {wizard},
{necromancer}]
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