conjurer

[ kon-jer-er, kuhn- for 1, 2; kuhn-joor-er for 3 ]

noun

Origin of conjurer

Middle English word dating back to 1300–1350; see origin at conjure, -er¹

I hereby resign from my full-time volunteer job as conjurer of worst-case scenarios.
I Visited My Grandkids After 16 Months and Realized How Much the Pandemic Had Changed Me | Connie Schultz | May 18, 2021 | Time
A soldier is not a conjurer that he should be handed over a fully laden ship and told to ferret out a fuse key.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 | Ian Hamilton
When lawyers get a case into their hands, no living conjurer can divine when their clients will get it out again.
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series | Mrs. Henry Wood
Then he would show the dent in his cheek, and pass his helmet round for all to see, as a conjurer does.
The Relief of Mafeking | Filson Young
But no; the conjurer swore freely—‘Be gone—be gone about your business; go and look for your horse.’
Witch, Warlock, and Magician | William Henry Davenport Adams

Then she thought about consulting a conjurer; but being a timorous woman as well as not over-wise, she put it off for a while.
Wandering Heath | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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