warlock
USWAWR-lok/ˈwɔɹ.lɑk/UKWAW-lok/ˈwɔː.lɒk/
Pluralwarlocks
- 1Someone who uses magic, often evil magic. Traditionally a man, but in fantasy stories a warlock can be anyone.
In the story, Mia learns that her quiet aunt is a warlock with strong magic.
The two warlocks, a woman and a young man, used magic to open the locked gate.
Similarwizard, sorcerer, mage, magician
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Origin
It comes from an Old English word meaning "traitor" or "truce-breaker." Later it came to mean a man who does magic, because people thought such men had broken their promises to God by working with the Devil.