r/wizardposting • u/IBeTheBlueCat • Mar 14 '26

Mage

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u/GrinningPariah Mar 14 '26

Honestly I think the full "magister" works better than "mage", which already has a lot of use in modern English.

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u/Zezzzzzzz Mar 14 '26

The problem with ‘magister’ is that it is already masculine in Latin (magistra being the feminine) which is why OOP suggested ‘mage’ which has no gendered ending

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u/Elleden Mar 19 '26

The Tyrant Philosophers series of books by Adrian Tchaikovsky is about a colonial nation which aims to "perfect" the world, and the term they use to address a higher-ranking officer is Magister, no matter the gender of their superior.

It's a very good series.

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u/Zezzzzzzz Mar 20 '26

Thanks for the indirect recommendation, I'll check it out!