sorceress

noun

ˈsȯr-sə-rəs How to pronounce sorceress (audio)
Definition of sorceressnext
as in witch
a woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers asked the sorceress to cast an evil spell over the village

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Recent Examples of sorceress But the actor is at his most manically animated with the sorceress Circe (Samantha Morton), who has food that Eurylochus’s starving crewmates need. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 July 2026 Decades before portraying one of literature’s greatest sorceresses in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, Samantha Morton was a magician’s assistant. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 19 July 2026 Helen’s famous face has been disfigured, presumably by her angry husband, Menelaus; the sorceress Circe uses her witchcraft in self-defense, seemingly as a result of traumatic encounters with men. — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 17 July 2026 Shirka, the computer on Ulysses' ship, takes her name from Circe, a sorceress. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for sorceress
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  1. witch
  2. sorcerer
Noun
  • At the Unifrance Rendez-Vous, Mediawan Kids & Family will have Witch Detectives, about three best friends who are also trainee witches.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026
  • With Magic Lessons, released in 2020, Hoffman told the tale of Maria Owens, who began the ancestral line of family witches after surviving persecution at the Salem witch trials.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of witch
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  • After one season of sorcerer play calling, offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak took the Raiders’ head coaching job.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The sorcerers, it was thought, targeted their victims by stealing bits of their hair, clothes, nails, or feces, and wrapping them in a bundle with leaves.
    — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
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“Sorceress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorceress. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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