conjuror
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈkɒndʒərər/
:
ilusionista
- School is out for the second day running, and my seven-year-old son has been breaking out last year's forgotten Christmas present, a conjuror's kit.
Examples
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Although allowing that Hone was frustrated in his commercial interests by Reynolds's domination of the London art market, The Conjuror is thus read as a complex metapictorial argument.
Academic text (2015) -
Whilst an undergraduate, he started working as a conjuror, performing the traditional skills of close-up magic in bars and restaurants.
Blog text (16) -
Though Eagle was not a conjuror of the first rank, he seemingly had a great gift for self-promotion and made hay with a public spat with another, much more famous magician named John Henry Anderson.
Blog text (7) -
Next to my bed, on a long table under several other portraits of celebrated conjurors, lay the peculiar, tiny tools of my trade: packs of cards, cups, balls, sponge-rubber animals, bits of string, coins, and a row of the basic books on prestidigitation.
Fiction book (1990) -
There is "neurotheology," "neuromagic" (according to Sleights of Mind, an amusing book about how conjurors exploit perceptual bias), and even "neuromarketing."
Blog text (18) -
The conjuror amazed the audience with his stunning magic tricks during the performance.
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At the festival, a skilled conjuror captivated the children with his colorful illusions.
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She decided to hire a conjuror for her son's birthday party to delight the young guests.
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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8.2
A person who performs magic tricks to entertain people
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9.9
A person who does magic tricks with cards and coins to entertain people
How Impressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Conjuror comes from the verb conjure, which originally meant to 'call up' or 'summon'. Think of a party conjuror as someone who 'calls up' surprises—making a rabbit or a card appear—so the origin explains why it means a magician who entertains people.