summoner
summoner Lexical Profile
summoner Game Scores & Validity
• noun
In fantasy literature, mythology, and role-playing games, a magic user or practitioner who conjures spirits, elemental beings, or creatures from other realms.
"In the role-playing game, the player chose to play as a summoner capable of calling forth mystical guardians."
A person who calls, orders, or invites someone to appear or assemble.
"As the official summoner of the council, she dispatched notices to every committee member ahead of the emergency session."
A minor court official, especially in medieval ecclesiastical courts, appointed to serve citations and call accused persons to appear before a judge.
"In medieval England, the summoner wielded considerable influence by delivering ecclesiastical court citations to local parishioners."
Word Origin & Etymology
Middle English somonour, borrowed from Anglo-French somenour and Old French somoneor, referring to a court officer who delivered legal citations, ultimately from Latin summonere ('to remind privately' or 'to call upon'). The historical office was famously satirized in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.