conjurer

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

noun

Origin of conjurer

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

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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

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