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means A man practicing sorcery or magic, traditionally viewed as the male counterpart to a witch.

from From Old English 'wærloga,' a grim compound of 'wær' (a pledge or covenant) and 'leogan' (to lie) — literally 'oath-breaker' or 'traitor.' It originally described the Devil himself, or any treaty-breaking deceiver, with no occult meaning attached. The word drifted toward 'male witch' only later, likely dragged there by association with witch-trial vocabulary and the need for a male equivalent to 'witch' — not because warlocks lie more than witches do.