magewoman

English

Etymology

From mage +‎ -woman.

Noun

magewoman (plural magewomen)

1. A female mage.
   • 1996, Amy Stout, The Sacred Seven, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 233:

     Neither elfwitch nor magewoman will be looking for you without the bracelet.

   • 2001, Terry McGarry, Illumination, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 486:

     She could not yet read Luriel’s story, or the frightened words that Seblik the scribe had appended, or the words of the magewoman he had saved.

   • 2005, Juliet E. McKenna, Western Shore, Orbit, →ISBN, page 186:

     Kheda turned his back on the youthful wizard and scaled the stern ladder to join the magewoman by the steering oars.

   • 2007, Tobias Druitt, Corydon and the Siege of Troy, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 138:

     She’s a warrior, but they also have witches and magewomen – you’ll see in a minute.

   • 2014, Elizabeth Moon, Crown of Renewal (Paladin’s Legacy; book 5), Orbit, →ISBN, page 294:

     At the first inn, where the sick magewomen were staying, they found the innkeeper and several servants staring in consternation at the two dead magewomen on the stairs, blood pooled around them.