Dictionary

magewoman en · NOUN

Etymology

From mage + -woman.

Meanings

1. A female mage.
   • She could not yet read Luriel’s story, or the frightened words that Seblik the scribe had appended, or the words of the magewoman he had saved. 2001, Terry McGarry, Illumination, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 486:
   • Neither elfwitch nor magewoman will be looking for you without the bracelet. 1996, Amy Stout, The Sacred Seven, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 233:
   • Kheda turned his back on the youthful wizard and scaled the stern ladder to join the magewoman by the steering oars. 2005, Juliet E. McKenna, Western Shore, Orbit, →ISBN, page 186:
   • At the first inn, where the sick magewomen were staying, they found the innkeeper and several servants staring in consternation at the two dead magewomen on the stairs, blood pooled around them. 2014, Elizabeth Moon, Crown of Renewal (Paladin’s Legacy; book 5), Orbit, →ISBN, page 294:
   • She’s a warrior, but they also have witches and magewomen – you’ll see in a minute. 2007, Tobias Druitt, Corydon and the Siege of Troy, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 138:

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