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mage
- /meɪd͡ʒ/
Rhymes with -eɪdʒ
Where it comes from
From Middle English mages (plurale tantum), from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek Μάγος (Mágos), from the hapax Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁 (m-gu-u-š /maguš/). Doublet of magus.
noun magi · mages
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A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.
Similar: magic user, spellcaster, enchanter, conjurer, thaumaturge, theurgist, spiritualist, mystic, shaman, witch doctor
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Synonym of magus: a Zoroastrian priest.
While the liberality of Gelo and his brother Hiero atracted every stranger who could amuse or instruct the court of Syracuse, a Persian Mage related to the former of those princes that he himself had circumnavigated the whole continent of Africa.
Similar: magus
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sorcerer, clown, imperator, ema, unemployment, hawk, magicker, magus, wizard, magic user, magician, spellcaster, mancer, conjurer, spellmaker, sorceror
Translations
Talk about this word "mage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mage. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. mage. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mage "mage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mage.Cite this
@misc{mage_2026,
title = {mage},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mage},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
