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warlock

The origin and history of warlock.

Etymology

From Old English wǣrloga, literally "oath-breaker" or "traitor" — from wǣr ("pledge, covenant") and a word related to "lie." It came to mean a male sorcerer through the old belief that such men had broken their faith with God.

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