conjurer
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈkɒndʒərər/
:
ilusionista
- The conjurer amazed the audience with his incredible card tricks.
- a conjurer's trick
Examples
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I'm an officer of the law after all, and a bit of an amateur conjurer.
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Houdini was a conjurer.
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Except this man, this conjurer, performed one last trick.
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Do not take me for some conjurer of cheap tricks.
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Now, in fact, the person in the clip was a conjurer using sleight of hand.
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He was a conjurer and a clown.
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Add some mystique to your act by performing as a silent conjurer from the Far East.
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With something of the abruptness of a conjurer taking a rabbit out of a hat, he produced a photograph from his left breast pocket and handed it to his companion.
Fiction book (1998) -
As a famous conjurer, she performs at magic shows around the world.
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During the party, the conjurer made a rabbit vanish from his hat.
Synonyms
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3.6
A person who does tricks that look like magic or who people think has real powers
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6.9
A performer who entertains people by doing magic tricks like making things appear or disappear
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9.9
A person who does magic tricks with cards and coins to entertain people
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7.2
A person who entertains people by doing magic tricks
How Impressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Conjurer comes from the Latin parts con- 'with' and jurare 'to swear', and the idea grew into 'calling' or bringing something forth by words. So a conjurer is an entertainer who seems to 'call up' objects or surprises and make them appear like magic.