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conjurer

or con·ju·ror

[kon-jer-er, kuhn- for 1, 2; kuh n-joo r-er for 3]

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noun

a person who conjures spirits or practices magic; magician.

a person who practices legerdemain; juggler.

a person who solemnly charges or entreats.

Origin of conjurer

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for conjurer

wizard, magician, witch, seer

Examples from the Web for conjurer

Historical Examples of conjurer

A conjurer must have his time, like a straggling priest in the settlements.
The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper
To secure such power, Hugh, the conjurer, ate the flesh of eagles.
Welsh Fairy Tales
William Elliott Griffis
The conjurer is employed to work his charms to keep off the evil ones.
The Long Labrador Trail
Dillon Wallace
Holmes stood before us with the air of a conjurer who is performing a trick.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
She was not a conjurer of words so much as a magician in sensibility.
Adventures in the Arts
Marsden Hartley

Word Origin and History for conjurer

n.

late 14c., from Anglo-French conjurour, Old French conjureur "conjurer, magician, exorcist," from Latin coniurator, from coniurare (see conjure).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper