necromancer

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necromancer

  • /ˈnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˌmænsə/ UK
  • /ˈnɛkɹəˌmænsɚ/ US

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An alteration of nigromancer after necromancy, equivalent to necromancy + -er.

noun necromancers · nigromancer · necromance

  1. A person who practices or performs necromancy. Necromancers were thought to have the power of restoring activity to the dead, either temporarily or permanently[.]

    Similar: necromant, sciomancer

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noun person who practices necromancy

Españolnecromante, nigromante
日本語黒魔術師 kuro majutsushi, ネクロマンサー nekuromansā, 死霊使い shiryōtsukai
中文死靈法師 /死灵法师
Portuguêsnecromante
Françaisnécromancien, nécromancier, nécromant
DeutschTotenbeschwörer, Totenbeschwörerin, Nekromant, Nekromantin
Italianonegromante
Ελληνικάνεκρομάντης nekromántis
Românănecromant
Русскийнекрома́нт nekrománt, некрома́нтка nekromántka
עבריתמעלה באוב ma'alé ba'óv

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@misc{necromancer_2026,
  title = {necromancer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/necromancer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}