necromancer

[ nek-ruh-man-ser ]

noun

1. a person who uses witchcraft or sorcery, especially to reanimate dead people or to foretell the future by communicating with them:

   In the story, the boy is killed by a serial killer and then revived as a zombie by a necromancer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of necromancer¹

First recorded in 1540–50; equivalent to necromanc(y) ( def ) + -er ¹( def )

Example Sentences

Which done, he kissed him againe, and wylled the Necromancer to make hast.

From Project Gutenberg

And the Royal Necromancer tells me that if you can find a tingle-berry, and eat it, you will resume your natural form again.

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Rich, with his "Necromancer," conjured all the town within the ring of his little theatre.

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The Royal Necromancer is very wise, and you may depend upon what he says.

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