sorcerer

A person who claims or is believed to have magic powers; a wizard. The feminine form is sorceress.

Sorcerers are known in many cultures under various names:

aio (Hopi); alto misayoc (Quechua); àp thmòp (Cambodia); basir (Dayak); bhagat (India); bocor (Haiti); bomor (Malay); boko (West Indies); ch'o-je (Tibet); mchawi (East Africa); aje (Yoruba); baloi (Zambia); barozi (Banyarwanda); echudan (Uganda); inyana (Zulu); kimbanda (Angola); magus (Zoroastrian); maleficus; maye (Hausa); mohane (Inca); moloki (Bangala); muloyi (Nanda); murozi (Burundi); ndoki (Bakongo); ndozi (Shaba); necromancer; obi (Africa); omuli (Nande); parachero (Mexico); pawang (Malay); piai (Carib, Guarani); signaduri (Corsica); tao-jen (Taoist); wirinun (Aboriginal); zobop (Haiti).

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