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  • noun Plural form of wizard.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wizard.

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Examples

  • NCIS Special Agent Gibbs may be a fictional version of what psychological scientists call "wizards"-- those rare people who have extraordinary lie-detection skills.

    How to Catch a Liar: The Cognitive Clues to Deceit 2011

  • Sit back, relax, and let the mandarin wizards work theirmagic.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Federalism Restoration Amendment: Take 2 2010

  • However, Itauma said: Since I am strongly convinced that the alleged existence of child witches and wizards is a function of ignorance, I alongside a few committed friends, decided to take on the fight to salvage the situation by forming a front and reaching out to the government and in the process gather the kids from the streets.

    Nigeria sees rise in number of children accussed of witchcraft 2008

  • The explanation of the "trace" on underage wizards is what bugged me ... if it goes off just for doing magic * near* an underage wizard, then that must put a heck of a strain on wizarding families where magic is routinely used by the parents (I'm also not entirely sure it's consistent with previous volumes).

    REVIEW:Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling 2007

  • So if “liberal” has become a term of abuse, it can only be some kind of linguistic alchemy that GOP spin wizards have cooked up.

    The GOP’s Cunning Linguistics 2006

  • The Druids, for so they call their wizards, esteem nothing more sacred than the mistletoe and the tree on which it grows, provided only that the tree is an oak.

    Chapter 65. Balder and the Mistletoe 1922

  • The Druids, for so they call their wizards, esteem nothing more sacred than the mistletoe and the tree on which it grows, provided only that the tree is an oak.

    The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion 1922

  • The Druids, for so they call their wizards, esteem nothing more sacred than the mistletoe and the tree on which it grows, provided only that the tree is an oak.

    The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897

  • Though they feared the firearms of the whites, whom they called wizards, it was a long time before they realized their hopeless inferiority, and the impossibility of prevailing in war.

    Impressions of South Africa James Bryce Bryce 1880

  • Druids, for so they call their wizards, esteem nothing more sacred than the mistletoe and the tree on which it grows, provided only that the tree is an oak.

    The Golden Bough : a study of magic and religion 1583

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