Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Philosophy An adherent of the doctrine of illusionism.
  • noun An artist whose work is marked by illusionism.
  • noun A magician or ventriloquist.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who is subject to illusion; one who trusts in illusions.
  • noun One who produces illusions for deception or entertainment; specifically, a sleight-of-hand performer.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One given to illusion; a visionary dreamer.
  • noun A magician or conjurer who produces illusions by sleight of hand; a prestidigitator.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who works with illusion or sleight of hand.
  • noun One who deceives by magical or mystical means.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
  • noun a person with unusual powers of foresight

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Examples

  • According to recent reports, the illusionist is engaged to wed French model Alizee Guinochet after reportedly proposing marriage to the beauty on his 36th birthday on April 4.

    New York City Waitress Accuses David Blaine of Sexual Harassment 2009

  • I openly acknowledge that the illusionist is trying to fool me, the question is, how well did he do?

    Sony Pulls Controversial PSP Ad 2006

  • Do they still call them magicians, or is the correct term illusionist?

    The Bosh 2008

  • The "illusionist" will try to stay there for 60 hours.

    Jaunted - The Pop Culture Travel Guide 2008

  • This is particularly damaging since it is a movie about a magician or "illusionist" so that when fantastical or hard-to-explain feats occur on screen the audience can easily see it is due to the the film director's "magic" abilities and not the character's purported magic abilities.

    REVIEW: The Illusionist, Borat, Deja Vu Ron Buckmire 2006

  • This is particularly damaging since it is a movie about a magician or "illusionist" so that when fantastical or hard-to-explain feats occur on screen the audience can easily see it is due to the the film director's "magic" abilities and not the character's purported magic abilities.

    Archive 2006-11-01 Ron Buckmire 2006

  • Roman style was evolved both in painting and sculpture, the salient features of which he characterizes as impressionist or "illusionist".

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

  • The imitative or "illusionist" picture pleads its case most plausibly.

    The Enjoyment of Art Carleton Eldredge Noyes 1911

  • One of his close political allies tells me he's confident that the public might warm to "solid, reliable Gordon" as opposed to the "illusionist" and

    New Statesman Mehdi Hasan 2010

  • Because I design my own space, I call myself an 'illusionist' painter rather than a 'realist'.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2008

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