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noun
A woman with power or authority, such as a teacher or archmage; a mistress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially
Topics: fantasy, fiction, literature, media, publishing
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noun
A female magister.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Church of Satan
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, occult, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Female equivalent of magister.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: feminine, form-of
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meǵh2-der.? Proto-Indo-European *meh2-der.? Proto-Italic *magisteros Latin magister Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-eh2 Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin magistrabor. English magistra Borrowed from Latin magistra.
