Definition of "genie" []

• A supernatural creature who does one's bidding when summoned. (noun)
• A jinni. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "They are fighting in vain, though, because the genie is already out of the bottle and the world will never be the same again."
• "They believe that things like Ebola, smallpox, and atomic energy all contain powerful, unseen spirits called djinns—from which we take the English word genie."
• "Answer: Yep - in fact, the main genie is the character who continues from book to book, carrying the weight of the series."