< /ˈyoʊ hɑn/, c1480–c1538, German magician, alchemist, and astrologer.
noun
- German legend a magician and alchemist who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power
A legendary sixteenth-century magician and practitioner of alchemy, who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for youth, knowledge, and power. Christopher Marlowe, a sixteenth-century English poet, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote famous plays about him.