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 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. Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024 Working as an investigator for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.), Hellboy is sent to England to battle an ancient sorceress, Nimue the Blood Queen (Milla Jovovich), who is determined to unleash a deadly plague on humanity and bring about the apocalypse. Travis Bean, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024 Those wishes came true in September 2022, when the sorceress siblings reunited to enchant a new generation of Halloweeners in Disney+’s Hocus Pocus 2. Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024 Based on Robert Jordan's beloved book series, The Wheel of Time stars Oscar nominee Rosamund Pike as Moiraine, a sorceress investigating an ancient prophecy about a reincarnated being powerful enough to save the world — or destroy it. EW.com, 30 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sorceress 

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“Sorceress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorceress. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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