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# sorceress

«sorceress» in Mova's school dictionary: **a woman who uses magic, often for evil purposes; a female…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (plural sorceresses)

### meaning for a pupil

A sorceress is a woman who uses magic, often for evil purposes; a female sorcerer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorceress/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a magic woman in fairy tales, often a witch-like figure who is wise, powerful or wicked; in tales a sorceress is often the one who sets the spell or the test

### examples

- The sorceress waved her wand and the frog became a prince. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorceress/#x1)
- The Munchkins bowed to the good sorceress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorceress/#x2)
- Only witches and sorceresses wear white, Boq said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorceress/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.633/)
- [But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1232/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sorceress» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sorceress/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.