conjurer

or con·ju·ror

[ kon-jer-er, kuhn- kuhn-joor-er ]

noun

1. a person who conjures spirits or practices magic; magician.
2. a person who practices legerdemain; juggler.
3. a person who solemnly charges or entreats.

Word History and Origins

Origin of conjurer¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–1350; conjure, -er ¹

Example Sentences

I hereby resign from my full-time volunteer job as conjurer of worst-case scenarios.

From 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.

From Project Gutenberg

When lawyers get a case into their hands, no living conjurer can divine when their clients will get it out again.

From Project Gutenberg

Then he would show the dent in his cheek, and pass his helmet round for all to see, as a conjurer does.

From Project Gutenberg

But no; the conjurer swore freely—‘Be gone—be gone about your business; go and look for your horse.’

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg