enchanter

[en-chan-ter, -chahn-]

noun

1. a person who enchants or delights.

2. a magician; sorcerer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of enchanter¹

1250–1300; enchant + -er ¹; replacing Middle English enchantour < Anglo-French; Old French enchanteor < Late Latin incantātor, equivalent to Latin incantā ( re ) ( incantation ) + -tor -tor

Example Sentences

The phrase echoed his resolve to keep in memory his creative forebears: the illusionists and enchanters, the charlatans and cardsharps, the human cannonballs, armless artists, learned animals and practitioners of ancient acts that still amaze.

From New York Times

The enchanter pulled on a wisp of beard.

From Literature

Later, he and Gwydion spent several hours alone, for there were important matters Gwydion would reveal only to the old enchanter.

From Literature

Many an enchanter and a teller of tales did they discover who could think of many ways that a Voter Fraud might have happened, but by none of them had it been seen.

From Washington Post

The strongest impression I took from our Yonkers meeting was that Hammons thoroughly enjoys being an enchanter, and that he will continue to elude us all.

From The New Yorker