Arcane spellcaster

The term arcane spellcaster, sometimes shortened to arcanist, referred to any wielder of arcane power, such as
 * First edition
 * Magic-users and their subclass
 * Illusionists
 * Second edition
 * Arcanists
 * Bards
 * Wizards and their subclass and specialists
 * Mages
 * Elven Dualists
 * Abjurers
 * Conjurers
 * Diviners
 * Enchanters
 * Illusionists
 * Invokers
 * Necromancers
 * Transmuters
 * Third/3.5 edition
 * Bards
 * Hexblades
 * Sorcerers
 * Warmages
 * Wizards
 * Prestige classes
 * Arcane Archers
 * Arcane Devotees
 * Arcane Tricksters
 * Archmages
 * Celebrants of Sharess
 * Dragon Disciples
 * Eldritch Knights
 * Gnome Artificers
 * Guild Wizards of Waterdeep
 * Harper Mages
 * Harper Paragons, if rising from another arcane class
 * Harper Scouts
 * Hathrans
 * Incantatrixes
 * Loremasters, if rising from another arcane class
 * Mage-Killers, if rising from another arcane class
 * Master Alchemists, if rising from another arcane class
 * Mystic Theurges
 * Red Wizards
 * Shadow Adepts
 * Spelldancers, if rising from another arcane class
 * Spellfire Channelers
 * War Wizards of Cormyr
 * Wild mages
 * Yathrinshees
 * Fourth edition
 * Bards
 * Sorcerers
 * Spellscared
 * Swordmages
 * Warlocks, including Dark Pact
 * Wizards