"necromancer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˌmænsə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈnɛkɹəˌmænsɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-necromancer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: necromancers [plural]
Etymology: An alteration of nigromancer; equivalent to necro- + -mancer. Etymology templates: {{m|en|nigromancer}} nigromancer, {{confix|en|necro|mancer}} necro- + -mancer Head templates: {{en-noun}} necromancer (plural necromancers)
  1. A person who practices or performs necromancy. Categories (topical): Afterlife, Death, Divination, Occult, People Synonyms: necromant, sciomancer, nigromancer, necromance, nigromant Related terms: necromance, necromantic Translations (person who practices necromancy): νεκρόμαντις (nekrómantis) [feminine, masculine] (Ancient Greek), אוֹבָא [masculine] (Aramaic), nigromàntic [masculine] (Catalan), nigromant [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 死灵法师 (Chinese Mandarin), nekromant (Czech), dodenbezweerder [masculine] (Dutch), nekromantikko (Finnish), nécromancien [masculine] (French), nécromancier [masculine] (French), nécromant [masculine] (French), nigromante [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Totenbeschwörer [masculine] (German), Totenbeschwörerin [feminine] (German), Nekromant [masculine] (German), Nekromantin [feminine] (German), νεκρομάντης (nekromántis) [masculine] (Greek), מעלה באוב (ma'alé ba'óv) (Hebrew), andasæringamaður [masculine] (Icelandic), uppvakningamaður [masculine] (Icelandic), negromante (Italian), 黒魔術師 (kuro majutsushi) (Japanese), ネクロマンサー (nekuromansā) (Japanese), 死霊使い (shiryōtsukai) (Japanese), nigrōmāns (Latin), некрома́нт (nekrománt) [masculine] (Macedonian), некрома́нтка (nekromántka) [feminine] (Macedonian), nekromanta [masculine] (Polish), necromante [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), некрома́нт (nekrománt) [masculine] (Russian), некрома́нтка (nekromántka) [feminine] (Russian), nekromancer [masculine] (Slovene), nekromant [masculine] (Slovene), necromante (Spanish), nigromante [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), nekromant [common-gender] (Swedish)

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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "person who practices necromancy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "andasæringamaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "person who practices necromancy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uppvakningamaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who practices necromancy",
      "word": "negromante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kuro majutsushi",
      "sense": "person who practices necromancy",
      "word": "黒魔術師"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nekuromansā",
      "sense": "person who practices necromancy",
      "word": "ネクロマンサー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shiryōtsukai",
      "sense": "person who practices necromancy",
      "word": "死霊使い"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "person who practices necromancy",
      "word": "nigrōmāns"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nekrománt",
      "sense": "person who practices necromancy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "некрома́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nekromántka",
      "sense": "person who practices necromancy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "некрома́нтка"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who practices necromancy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nekromanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who practices necromancy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "necromante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nekrománt",
      "sense": "person who practices necromancy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "некрома́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nekromántka",
      "sense": "person who practices necromancy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "некрома́нтка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "person who practices necromancy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nekromancer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "person who practices necromancy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nekromant"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who practices necromancy",
      "word": "necromante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who practices necromancy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nigromante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who practices necromancy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "nekromant"
    }
  ],
  "word": "necromancer"
}

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