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sor·cer·ess

 (sôr′sər-ĭs)
n.
A woman who practices sorcery.
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sor•cer•ess

(ˈsɔr sər ɪs)

n.
a woman who practices sorcery; witch.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French sorceresse]
usage: See -ess.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.sorceress - a woman sorcerersorceress - a woman sorcerer      
Circe - (Greek mythology) a sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine
necromancer, sorcerer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, wizard, magician - one who practices magic or sorcery
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sorceress

noun
A woman who practices magic:
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Translations
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sorceress

[ˈsɔːsəres] Nhechicera f, bruja f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sorceress

[ˈsɔːrsərɪs] nsorcière f
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sorceress

nHexe f
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sorceress

[ˈsɔːsərɪs] nmaga, fattucchiera
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in classic literature ?
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Dubai Police have arrested three women who claimed to be sorceresses and are suspected of conning victims into handing over money.
In this reference for general readers and students in high school and up, 94 alphabetical articles describe the most well-known heroes and heroines from Greek and Roman mythology, from Achilles to Troilus, and also cover overlapping demigods, nymphs, sorceresses, and other creatures that inhabited the mortal world and figured prominently in the myths of the heroes and heroines.
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Like most baroque operas, the source is a classical legend, here the story of Dido and Aeneas from Virgil's "Aeneid." To the well-known tale of Aeneas deserting Dido in order to complete his destiny as the founder of Rome, Purcell and his librettist Nahum Tate added a bizarre group of sorceresses, who, like William Shakespeare's Wyrd Sisters in "Macbeth," usually function as minions of fate.
sorceresses?) spout observations that sound like recent Godard--"the English language has colonized the world"--and bemoan the homogenized culture of the new European Union.