necromancer

English

Alternative forms

• necromant
• nigromancer
• necromance
• nigromant

Etymology

Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekros, “dead”) + -mancer. The first element is often re-interpreted in folk etymology as Latin niger (“black”), leading to variants like nigromancer and an association with "black" magic.

Noun

necromancer (plural necromancers)

1. A person who practices necromancy.

Related terms

• necromance
• necromantic

Translations

person who practices necromancy

• Czech: nekromant (cs)
• Finnish: nekromantikko
• German: Nekromant (de) m
• Greek: νεκρομάντης (el) (nekromántis) m
• Icelandic: andasæringamaður (is) m, uppvakningamaður (is) m
• Italian: negromante (it)
• Japanese: 黒魔術師 (kuro majutsushi), ネクロマンサー (ja) (nekuromansā)

• Latin: nigrōmāns (la)
• Polish: nekromanta (pl) m
• Portuguese: necromante (pt) m and f
• Russian: некромант (ru) (nekrománt) m
• Slovene: nekromancer m, nekromant m
• Spanish: necromante (es)