Meaning & use
warlock
A man who practices witchcraft or sorcery, especially in folklore and fantasy fiction.
See it in a sentence
In the story, the young warlock learned to summon storms with a single spoken word.
Villagers once accused the reclusive old man of being a warlock who cursed their crops.
A note on using this word
Warlock is the traditional male counterpart to 'witch,' though modern fantasy fiction sometimes uses the terms more flexibly across genders.
Words with a similar meaning
sorcererwizard
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