Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A magician or sorcerer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A magician; an enchanter; a person expert in the black art.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Archaic A magician.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun fantasy A
magician ,wizard orsorcerer .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I said mage is one of the hardest classes to play right and one of the hardest classes to beat if they KNOW HOW TO PLAY RIGHT.
HON vs. compLexity Round 1 – Global Finals « Esl Videos « Videos « Literacy News 2010
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A river mage is called upon to investigate the water ghosts seen in London and surmises that the Queen's rival, the fairy of the under-hill, is mounting an attack.
REVIEW: Other Earths edited by Nick Gevers and Jay Lake 2010
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The manga Negima! has a magic system called “pactio” in which one mage chants a protection spell over his or her partner, while the partner defends the mage from physical attacks using a weapon induced by the spell, since the mage is vulnerable when chanting spells.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Faraway Soul’s Review Forum 2009
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Just had to post with a comment to Applecrow that if your group really could beat the druid/mage (what a terrible choice of classes btw) that the druid/mage is a complete idiot.
D&D 4e’s Out… And It’s Awful. Here’s Why « Geek Related 2008
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After getting your red mages to level 5, green to level 3, and electric to level 3, start saving up for an archer. (the bottom red mage is probably still level 1).
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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Rogan, a dark mage, is hunting for an amulet that magnifies power.
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"Use what days you have; the life of a mage is short enough."
Colors of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1999
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Religion is also uncertain; some of the Picts may have been Christian from an early date given the reference to 'apostate Picts', but Bridei had a 'mage' - presumably some sort of non-Christian priest or advisor?
Pictish female names Carla 2010
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The player can select one of four different classes, a human fighter, a human cleric, a dwarven fighter, and an elvin mage.
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She had to call the mage doctor to fix the maid, and then the maid quit.
Blood Lite II: Overbite Kevin J. Anderson 2010
vanishedone commented on the word mage
Oddly enough, WordNet defines magus but not mage.
December 21, 2008