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sorceress

[sawr-ser-is] / ˈsɔr sər ɪs /
NOUN
enchantress
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Elphaba, in contrast, is a naturally talented sorceress whose green skin led her father to reject her from the moment she was born.

From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2024

The pattern across the jersey is inspired by a fifth-century BC vase attributed to Persephone, which depicts Ulysses and the sorceress Circe in Homer's Odyssey.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2024

Grande, who plays the sparkling sorceress in the upcoming ”Wicked” movie musical, came under scrutiny this week after a viral interview clip showed her changing her speaking voice mid-dialogue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2024

She became a tattoo artist, and now proudly identifies as a none and a witch; she has leg tattoos of a sorceress and a black cat.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2023

She’d made the sorceress Pasiphae disappear through an imaginary hole in the floor.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

The author demonstrates that access to the supernatural was a particular source of feminine power, not least for the sorceresses whose rituals made that connection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Universal partnered with 400 brands worldwide — including Starbucks, Ulta Beauty, Bloomingdale’s and Lexus — to douse retail shelves in pink and green, the signature colors of the movie’s leading sorceresses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024

Ralph Lee, a creator of giant crustaceans, lizards, skeletons and sorceresses, as well as one enduring New York tradition, the Village Halloween Parade, died on Friday at his home in Manhattan.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2023

Yennefer, meanwhile, comes to know power of a different kind via the world of magic, chaos, and its political split between male wizards and female sorceresses.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2019

With them go the sorceresses, old and young, who pick up money by occasional dukkerin, or fortune-telling. 

From Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement by George Smith




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