Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that performs magic tricks; a magician.
- noun A sorcerer or sorceress.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun . One bound by a solemn oath; a conjurator; a conspirator.
- noun One who solemnly enjoins or conjures.
- noun An enchanter; one who practises magic or uses secret charms; a magician.
- noun Hence One who practises legerdemain; a juggler.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.
- noun One who practices magic arts; one who pretends to act by the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or sleight of hand.
- noun obsolete One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
conjures , amagician . - noun One who performs parlor tricks,
sleight of hand . - noun obsolete One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
- noun a witch doctor who practices conjury
Etymologies
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Examples
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This circumstance diverted Mrs. Thomas, who imagined, that the man whom they called a conjurer, must have more sense than they understood.
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758 1753
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a medium, some call a conjurer, some call a charlatan and a quack.
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Mrs. Cook assured him, the conjurer was a good Christian; and that he gained all his knowledge by conversing with the stars and planets.
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At this moment he reminded himself of Jama, the village sword conjurer; the image disgusted him.
A Spell For Chameleon Anthony, Piers 1977
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At this moment he reminded himself of Jama, the village sword conjurer; the image disgusted him.
A Spell For Chameleon Anthony, Piers 1977
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Everyone in the hotel was horrified when they knew that the conjurer was a traitor and a spy.
The Rubadub Mystery Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1952
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Ketina protested, "The conjurer is a liar, his words are not true; they might have been true, had there been two rumbling noises."
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various
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The play is in some ways a difficult one: we are left wondering whether or not Chesterton believes in magic; if he does, then the conjurer need not have been so upset that he had gained so much power of a psychic nature; if he does not, then the conjurer was a clever fraud or a brilliant hypnotist.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton Patrick Braybrooke
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One day he went to a old man that wuz called a conjurer; this old man told him that somebody had stole the sweat-band out of his cap and less he got it back, something terrible would happen.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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Gurdon had heard that sort of hands before described as conjurer's hands.
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