Noun

(en noun)

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Noun

(en noun)

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

* Dryden

The wily wizard must be caught.

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.

(computing) A 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.

(Internet) One of the administrators of a multi-user dungeon.

* 1997 , Philip Agre, Douglas Schuler, Reinventing technology, rediscovering community (page 153)

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

* 1997 , Sara Kiesler, Culture of the Internet (page 132)

It is certainly easy to believe the stories I hear of MUD wizards who demand deference and severely punish those who transgress

(obsolete) A wise man; a sage.

* Milton

See how from far upon the eastern road / The star-led wizards [Magi] haste with odours sweet!

(slang) an older male virgin, particularly one over 30 years of age