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conjurer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkʌnd͡ʒəɹə(ɹ)/
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Etymology

From Middle English conjurer, from Anglo-Norman conjurour (“conjurer, conspirator”). Equivalent to conjure + -er.

Meanings

1. One who conjures, a magician.
   • July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Riseshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/ With his crude potato-sack mask and fear-inducing toxins, The Scarecrow, a “psychopharmacologist” at an insane asylum, acts as a conjurer of nightmares, capable of turning his patients’ most terrifying anxieties against them.
   • His incivility confirms no less. Good Doctor Pinch, you are a conjurer; Establish him in his true sense again, And I will please you what you will demand. c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
2. One who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand.
   • 1893 The man is by trade a conjurer and performer, going round the canteens after nightfall, and giving a little entertainment at each. — Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Crooked Man".
3. One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.
4. (ironic, obsolete, often) One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity.
   • Some would be apt to say, he is a Conjurer; for he has found, That a Republick[…] is composed of Men only, and not of Horses 1709 April 23 – 1710 January 13 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], The Tatler, number 17; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, →OCLC:
5. A cooking appliance comprising a pot (large or small) with a gridiron wielded beneath it, like a brazier, used for cooking methods such as broiling.

Forms

Translations (58)

bg фокусник (one who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand) · nl tovenaar (one who conjures) · fi taikuri (one who conjures) · es conjuradora (one who conjures) · cmn 魔術師 /魔术师 (one who conjures) · ru чароде́й (one who conjures) · bg илюзионист (one who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand) · eo iluziisto (one who conjures) · nl magiër (one who conjures) · fr conjurateur (one who conjures) · ru волше́бник (one who conjures) · da tryllekunstner (one who conjures) · pl iluzjonista (one who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand) · ja 魔法使い (one who conjures) · pl sztukmistrz (one who conjures) · pl prestidigitator (one who conjures) · la magus (one who conjures) · bg вълшебник (one who conjures) · ja 魔術師 (one who conjures) · cs kejklíř (one who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand) · fi conjurer (one who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand) · pt conjurador (one who conjures) · de Zauberer (one who conjures) · ru маг (one who conjures) · cs kouzelník (one who conjures) · pl iluzjonista (one who conjures) · nl bezweerder (one who conjures) · cmn 巫師 /巫师 (one who conjures) · ru фо́кусница (one who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand) · hy աճպարար (one who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand) · sv besvärjare (one who conjures) · ru иллюзиони́ст (one who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand) · nn tryllekunstnar (one who conjures) · bg магьосник (one who conjures) · la praestīgiātrix (one who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand) · pl iluzjonistka (one who conjures) · fr invocateur (one who conjures) · sv trollkonstnär (one who conjures) · pl sztukmistrzyni (one who conjures) · sv trollkonstnär (one who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand) · ru иллюзиони́стка (one who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand) · nb tryllekunstner (one who conjures) · pl magik (one who conjures) · cs iluzionista (one who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand) · te మాంత్రికుడు (one who conjures) · pl prestidigitatorka (one who conjures) · ru фо́кусник (one who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand) · nl goochelaar (one who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand) · es conjurador (one who conjures) · la praestīgiātor (one who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand) · pl iluzjonistka (one who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand) · pl magiczka (one who conjures) · it prestigiatore (one who conjures) · enm conjurer (one who conjures) · it illusionista (one who conjures) · cs eskamotér (one who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand) · pl kuglarz (one who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand) · pl kuglarka (one who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand)