Peter Travers of Rolling Stone also shared his approval, referring to Berry as “a mesmerizer who makes every moment count.”
Ladies and gentlemen, said the mesmerizer in soft tones, allow me for this once to proceed otherwise than in my general fashion.
An exciting event in our village (Hannibal) was the arrival of the mesmerizer.
A phrenologist and a mesmerizer came—and went again and left the village duller and drearier than ever.
While there Worthy first discovered his powers as a mesmerizer, or magnetic physician.
The exorcist became a mesmerizer, possibly a deceived deceiver.
The mesmerizer had placed himself between the Shaman and the platform, when he began slowly drumming.
But here, there is no mesmerizer, unless the patient can be supposed to mesmerize herself.
However, never mind those trifling incidents; my subject is the mesmerizer, now.
1829, back-formation from mesmerism. Transferred sense of "enthrall" is first attested 1862. Related: Mesmerized; mesmerizing.
