conjure man
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of conjure man
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
Example Sentences
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In the production, which will reopen April 7 at the Los Angeles Theater Center, Roscoe Lee Browne does an impressive star turn as the "conjure man" Bynum.
From Time Magazine Archive
I half expected to see vendors selling cinnamon water, boiled sweets, and currant cakes, and a conjure man who could juggle two balls and a stool.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
That Washington was a conjure man, for sure.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
The conjure man was well known in every slave community.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various
When he couldn't git me to pay him no heed hisself, he went to a old conjure man and got him to put a spell on me.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration
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