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warlock

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war·lock  (wôrlk)
n.
A male witch, sorcerer, wizard, or demon.
[Middle English warloghe, from Old English wrloga, oath-breaker : wr, pledge; see wr-o- in Indo-European roots + -loga, liar (from logan, to lie; see leugh- in Indo-European roots).]
warlock [ˈwɔːˌlɒk]
n
1. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) a man who practises black magic; sorcerer
2. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) a fortune-teller, conjuror, or magician
[Old English wǣrloga oath breaker, from wǣr oath + -loga liar, from lēogan to lie1]
Warlock [ˈwɔːˌlɒk]
n
(Biographies / Warlock, Peter (1894-1930) M, British, MUSIC: composer, MUSIC: music scholar) Peter, real name Philip Arnold Heseltine. 1894-1930, British composer and scholar of early English music. His works include song cycles, such as The Curlew (1920-22), and the Capriol Suite (1926) for strings
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Noun1.warlockwarlock - a male witch or demon                
witch - a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil
warlock
noun magician, witch, wizard, sorcerer, conjuror, mage (archaic), enchanter, necromancer knights who confront fiery dragons and wicked warlocks
Translations
warlock [ˈwɔːlɒk] N → brujo m, hechicero m


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I'm nae warlock, to find a fortune for you in the bottom of a parritch bowl; but just you give me a day or two, and say naething to naebody, and as sure as sure, I'll do the right by you.
Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
But Mull swears it is the solemn fact that the lawyer, after shaking his knotted fists in the air for an instant, simply ran from the room and never reappeared in the countryside; and since then Exmoor has been feared more for a warlock than even for a landlord and a magistrate.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
Kim turned it over with the air of a wise warlock, muttering a Mohammedan invocation.
Kim by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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