Sorceress
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A sorceress is a woman who practices sorcery, the female counterpart to a sorcerer. This word is a synonym for witch. There are several kinds:
- A Venefica sorceress was a Roman woman who used drugs, potions, and poison
- In fiction and myth, a sorceress is a kind of female magician.
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Fictional characters
- Silver Sorceress, a DC Comics character
- Sorceress (Spyro), a character from the Spyro the Dragon series
- Sorceress of Castle Grayskull, fictional character from the toy line and Filmation cartoon series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
- Polgara the Sorceress, fictional character in the David Eddings book series The Belgariad and The Malloreon
- Sorceress, a fictional class of people in The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind]
- Edea, Adel, Ultimecia and Rinoa Heartilly from the PlayStation game Final Fantasy VIII
- Lina Inverse, from the anime series Slayers
- Sorceress, a playable character class from Diablo II
- Many version of the Sorceress class can been seen in many Role Playing Game (RPG) style games
- Azkadellia the Sorceress from Tin Man
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Other
- The Beck-Mahoney Sorceress, the winningest racing biplane in history
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