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SORCERESS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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Hypernyms ("sorceress" is a kind of...):
magician; necromancer; sorcerer; thaumaturge; thaumaturgist; wizard (one who practices magic or sorcery)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sorceress"):
Circe ((Greek mythology) a sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine)