enchanter

[en-chan-ter, -chahn-]

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noun

a person who enchants or delights.
a magician; sorcerer.

Origin of enchanter

1250–1300; enchant + -er¹; replacing Middle English enchantour < Anglo-French; Old French enchanteor < Late Latin incantātor, equivalent to Latin incantā(re) (see incantation) + -tor -tor

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Related Words for enchanter

conjurer, magician, witch, sorcerer

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Historical Examples of enchanter

And in Ecclesiasticus, "Who will pity the enchanter that has been bitten by the serpent?"
The Phantom World
Augustin Calmet
Merlin was a King in early Britain; he was also an Enchanter.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17)
Various
The marvel of their captivation lay in the spell of the enchanter.
A Day's Ride
Charles James Lever
Theirs the Enchanter's toil, not in vain,—making ropes out of sea-sand.
Proserpina, Volume 1
John Ruskin
Every age, every person, and every art obeys the wand of the enchanter.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864
Various

Word Origin and History for enchanter

late 13c., agent noun from enchant or from Old French enchanteor.