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mage

Meaning

  1. A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of magus: a Zoroastrian priest.

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/meɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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