| Definitions | wizard
noun (feminine wizardess)
- (fantasy) One who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.
- One who is especially skilled or unusually talented with a particular field.
- (computing) Computer program or script used to simplify complex operations for an inexperienced user.
Translations: - Dutch: tovenaar , magií«r
- French: mage(fr)m
- German: Magier(de, Zauberer, m, {{t-, de)m
- Italian: mago(it)m
- Spanish: hechicero
Etymology: From (term, wys, , wise, lang=enm) < (term, wis, lang=ang) < (proto, Germanic, wisaz) < the (proto, Indo-European, wittos) (past participle) < (PIE.) base (to see, to know).
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