See necromancer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"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",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "necromante (DELE)"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who practices necromancy",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "nigromante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who practices necromancy",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"rare"
],
"word": "necromántico (DLE)"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who practices necromancy",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "nekromant"
}
],
"word": "necromancer"
}
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