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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
wizard
    adj 1: possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate
           to supernatural powers; "charming incantations"; "magic
           signs that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical
           spell"; "'tis now the very witching time of night"-
           Shakespeare; "wizard wands"; "wizardly powers" [syn:
           charming, magic, magical, sorcerous,
           witching(a), wizard(a), wizardly]
    n 1: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace,
         adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin,
         virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar,
         whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz]
    2: one who practices magic or sorcery [syn: sorcerer,
       magician, wizard, necromancer, thaumaturge,
       thaumaturgist]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Wizard \Wiz"ard\, a.
   1. Enchanting; charming. --Collins.
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   2. Haunted by wizards.
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            Where Deva spreads her wizard stream. --Milton.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Wizard \Wiz"ard\, n. [Probably from wise + -ard.]
   1. A wise man; a sage. [Obs.]
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            See how from far upon the eastern road
            The star-led wizards [Magi] haste with odors sweet!
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. One devoted to the black art; a magician; a conjurer; a
      sorcerer; an enchanter.
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            The wily wizard must be caught.       --Dryden.
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4. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)
wizard
 n.

    1. Transitively, a person who knows how a complex piece of software or
    hardware works (that is, who groks it); esp. someone who can find and fix
    bugs quickly in an emergency. Someone is a hacker if he or she has
    general hacking ability, but is a wizard with respect to something only if
    he or she has specific detailed knowledge of that thing. A good hacker
    could become a wizard for something given the time to study it.

    2. The term ?wizard? is also used intransitively of someone who has
    extremely high-level hacking or problem-solving ability.

    3. A person who is permitted to do things forbidden to ordinary people; one
    who has wheel privileges on a system.

    4. A Unix expert, esp. a Unix systems programmer. This usage is well enough
    established that ?Unix Wizard? is a recognized job title at some
    corporations and to most headhunters.

    See guru, lord high fixer. See also deep magic, heavy wizardry, 
    incantation, magic, mutter, rain dance, voodoo programming, wave
    a dead chicken.


5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
wizard

   1. A person who knows how a complex piece of software or
   hardware works (that is, who groks it); especially someone
   who can find and fix bugs quickly in an emergency.  Someone is
   a hacker if he or she has general hacking ability, but is a
   wizard with respect to something only if he or she has
   specific detailed knowledge of that thing.  A good hacker
   could become a wizard for something given the time to study
   it.

   2. A person who is permitted to do things forbidden to
   ordinary people; one who has wheel privileges on a system.

   3. A Unix expert, especially a Unix systems programmer.  This
   usage is well enough established that "Unix Wizard" is a
   recognised job title at some corporations and to most
   headhunters.

   See guru, lord high fixer.  See also deep magic, heavy
   wizardry, incantation, magic, mutter, rain dance,
   voodoo programming, wave a dead chicken.

   4. An interactive help utility that guides the user through a
   potentially complex task, such as configuring a PPP driver
   to work with a new modem.  Wizards are often implemented as
   a sequence of dialog boxes which the user can move forward
   and backward through, filling in the details required.  The
   implication is that the expertise of a human wizard in one of
   the above senses is encapsulated in the software wizard,
   allowing the average user to perform expertly.

   [Jargon File]

   (1998-09-07)


6. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Wizard
   a pretender to supernatural knowledge and power, "a knowing
   one," as the original Hebrew word signifies. Such an one was
   forbidden on pain of death to practise his deceptions (Lev.
   19:31; 20:6, 27; 1 Sam. 28:3; Isa. 8:19; 19:3).
   

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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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