'Wizard' definitions:

Definition of 'wizard'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; "charming incantations"; "magic signs that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical spell"; "'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare; "wizard wands"; "wizardly powers" [syn: charming, magic, magical, sorcerous, witching(a), wizard(a), wizardly]
noun
Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz]
noun
One who practices magic or sorcery [syn: sorcerer, magician, wizard, necromancer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist]

Definition of 'Wizard'

From: GCIDE
  • Wizard \Wiz"ard\, n. [Probably from wise + -ard.]
  • 1. A wise man; a sage. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • See how from far upon the eastern road The star-led wizards [Magi] haste with odors sweet! --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. One devoted to the black art; a magician; a conjurer; a sorcerer; an enchanter. [1913 Webster]
  • The wily wizard must be caught. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Wizard'

From: GCIDE
  • Wizard \Wiz"ard\, a.
  • 1. Enchanting; charming. --Collins. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Haunted by wizards. [1913 Webster]
  • Where Deva spreads her wizard stream. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'wizard'

From: Easton
  • Wizard a pretender to supernatural knowledge and power, "a knowing one," as the original Hebrew word signifies. Such an one was forbidden on pain of death to practise his deceptions (Lev. 19:31; 20:6, 27; 1 Sam. 28:3; Isa. 8:19; 19:3).

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