noun
magus
MAY-guhs
noun
1
A magician or sorcerer, sometimes used disapprovingly to mean a fraud or trickster.
"The novel's villain is a self-styled magus who claims to control the weather."
2
A priest of the ancient Zoroastrian religion.
"Historians describe the magi as keepers of Persian religious knowledge and ritual."
How to Use Magus
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA magician or ancient priest-sorcerer figure; the plural "magi" is familiar from the Christmas story of the Three Wise Men.
Common pairings
the three magi
a court magus
Word Forms
magi plural, maguses plural
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Etymology
From Latin magus, from Greek magos, "magician", ultimately from an Old Iranian word for a Zoroastrian priest.