wizardnoun/ˈwɪzəd/

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  Someone, usually male, who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.

  • The wizard conjured up a large fireball.
  • The wily wizard must be caught.
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  One who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field.

  • He was a financial wizard, capable of predicting the movements of the stock markets.
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  computingengineeringmathematicsA computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced user.

  • Use the "Add Network Connection" wizard to connect to a network in a series of simple steps.
  • Figure 10-10 shows a typical wizard. The user enters data in New Employee on each tab and then moves on to the next one. This wizard asks […]
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  An administrator of a multi-user dungeon, or someone who has earned similar rights through gameplay; a user in wizard mode.

  • Wizards, in general, have a very different experience of mudding than other players. Because of their palpable and extensive extra powers over other players, and because of their special role in MUD society, they are frequently treated differently[…]
  • It is certainly easy to believe the stories I hear of MUD wizards who demand deference and severely punish those who transgress […]
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  obsoleteA wise man; a sage.

  • See how from far upon the eastern road / The star-led wizards [Magi] haste with odours sweet!
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  A virgin over the age of 30 who does not socialize and thus cannot find a sexual partner.

  • “I see this image of the basement-dwelling wizard who rejects societal conventions to such an extreme degree as one of the tragic heroes of our times.”
  • The incels’ folk hero is the 30-year-old virgin wizard – if you can make it to 30 without having sex, you will be endowed with magical powers. And the threads are so pathetic that it is hard to feel anything but ambient pity (on the site Wiz Chan – subtitle “disregard females, acquire magic” – one thread titled How do I live in my sedan? is like a short story).
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  Someone who deepfakes pornographic material using content from social media (usually selfies of people) at the request of others.

wizardadj/ˈwɪzəd/

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  datedslangFine, superb (originally RAF slang).

  • "We had a wizard show," the young leader of an Australian squadron said, trying to keep the excitement out of his voice.
  • But he was a wizard flyer, that boy.

wizardverb/ˈwɪzəd/

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  To practice wizardry.

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  To conjure.