necromancer

English

Alternative forms

• necromant
• nigromancer
• necromance
• nigromant

Etymology

An alteration of nigromancer; equivalent to necro- +‎ -mancer.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˌmænsə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛkɹəˌmænsɚ/

Noun

necromancer (plural necromancers)

1. A person who practices or performs necromancy.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 52:

     Necromancers were thought to have the power of restoring activity to the dead, either temporarily or permanently[.]

Synonyms

• necromant
• sciomancer

Related terms

• necromance
• necromantic

Translations

person who practices necromancy

• Aramaic:

  Jewish Babylonian: אוֹבָא m

• Catalan: nigromàntic m, nigromant m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 死灵法师

• Czech: nekromant (cs)
• Dutch: dodenbezweerder m
• Finnish: nekromantikko
• French: nécromancien (fr) m, nécromancier m, nécromant (fr) m
• Galician: nigromante m or f
• German: Totenbeschwörer m, Totenbeschwörerin f, Nekromant (de) m, Nekromantin (de) f
• Greek: νεκρομάντης (el) m (nekromántis)

  Ancient: νεκρόμαντις m or f (nekrómantis)

• Hebrew: מעלה באוב (ma'alé ba'óv)
• Icelandic: andasæringamaður m, uppvakningamaður m
• Italian: negromante (it)
• Japanese: 黒魔術師 (kuro majutsushi), ネクロマンサー (nekuromansā), 死霊使い (shiryōtsukai)
• Latin: nigrōmāns
• Macedonian: некрома́нт m (nekrománt), некрома́нтка f (nekromántka)
• Polish: nekromanta m
• Portuguese: necromante (pt) m or f
• Russian: некрома́нт (ru) m (nekrománt), некрома́нтка f (nekromántka)
• Slovene: nekromancer m, nekromant m
• Spanish: necromante (es), nigromante (es) m or f
• Swedish: nekromant (sv) c