conjuror
Britishnoun
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a person who practises conjuring, esp for people's entertainment
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a person who practises magic; sorcerer
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At a boarding house, he meets a conjuror named Bynum Walker, who tells him that in order to face and overcome the demons that torment him, he must find his song.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2022
There was his mother, a conjuror of hilarious pranks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2021
Randi later insisted that he did not accuse Geller of fraudulence, but merely demonstrated that bending cutlery could be performed by a conjuror, usually by pre-treating the utensil and using sleight-of-hand.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 25, 2020
Magic shows would play a part with the writer being "the best conjuror I ever saw", according to Jane Carlyle, a guest at one party over Christmas in 1843.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2018
I decline to go and see them, as everyone tells me they are a fraud; and if I want to be deceived, there is the Egyptian conjuror always ready with his little tricks.
From Cities of the Dawn by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
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