Meaning of wizard | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Someone, usually male, who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices
2. Someone, usually male, who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.
3. A man who practices magic.
4. One who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field
5. One who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field.
6. A person with a high degree of knowledge or skill in a particular field:ace, adept, authority, dab hand, expert, master, past master, professional, proficient.
7. A computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced user
8. A computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced user.
9. a man who is said to have magic powers. a fairy-story about a wizard. towenaar, slimmerd ساحِر магъосник feiticeiro kouzelník der Hexenmeister, der Zauberer troldmand μάγοςmago, brujo, hechicero võlur جادوگر velho magicienקוסם जादूगर čarobnjak varázsló penyihir galdra-/töframaður mago 魔法使い 마법사 burtininkas burvis lelaki tukang sihir tovenaartrollmannczarnoksiężnik كوډګر،جادو ګر، ساحر، مداري، چالاك feiticeiro vră­jitor; magician волшебник čarodejník čarovnik čarobnjak trollkarl, häxmästare พ่อม...
10. An administrator of a multi-user dungeon, or someone who has earned similar rights through gameplay; a user in wizard mode
11. An administrator of a multi-user dungeon, or someone who has earned similar rights through gameplay; a user in wizard mode.
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12. One who practices magic; a sorcerer or magician.
13. A wise man; a sage
14. A wise man; a sage.
    obsolete
15. A skilled or clever person: a wizard at math.
16. A virgin over the age of 30 who does not socialize and thus cannot find a sexual partner.
    humorous, sometimes
17. Archaic A sage.
    Archaic
18. Chiefly British Slang Excellent.
    Chiefly British Slang
19. Archaic Of or relating to wizards or wizardry.
    Archaic
20. (Alternative Belief Systems) a male witch or a man who practises or professes to practise magic or sorcery
21. a person who is outstandingly clever in some specified field; expert

Equivalents

Examples

“The wizard conjured up a large fireball.”

“The wily wizard must be caught.”

“He found himself watching a couple of wizards doing what he at first mistook for the beginning of a dance, and then for a session of tai chi. But suddenly he realized they were signing.”

“But that's not what will make her a powerful wizard – more powerful than me, more powerful than Leesha, even more powerful than you.”

“He was a financial wizard, capable of predicting the movements of the stock markets.”

“Use the "Add Network Connection" wizard to connect to a network in a series of simple steps.”

“Figure 10-10 shows a typical wizard. The user enters data in New Employee on each tab and then moves on to the next one. This wizard asks […]”

“Wizards, in general, have a very different experience of mudding than other players. Because of their palpable and extensive extra powers over other players, and because of their special role in MUD society, they are frequently treated differently[…]”

“It is certainly easy to believe the stories I hear of MUD wizards who demand deference and severely punish those who transgress […]”

“See how from far upon the eastern road / The star-led wizards [Magi] haste with odours sweet!”

““I see this image of the basement-dwelling wizard who rejects societal conventions to such an extreme degree as one of the tragic heroes of our times.””

“The incels’ folk hero is the 30-year-old virgin wizard – if you can make it to 30 without having sex, you will be endowed with magical powers. And the threads are so pathetic that it is hard to feel anything but ambient pity (on the site Wiz Chan – subtitle “disregard females, acquire magic” – one thread titled How do I live in my sedan? is like a short story).”

“Incels are mostly losers who don’t get laid — involuntarily celibate. Basically it’s a giant pity party that started on the 4chan board R9K. R9K is a board on 4chan where inceldom started. They have their own terms and stuff like that. For example if you’re over 30 and still a virgin they call you a "Wizard."”

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