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magician

[ muh-jish-uhn ]

noun

  1. an entertainer who is skilled in producing illusion by sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; conjurer.
  2. a person who is skilled in magic; sorcerer.

    Synonyms: necromancer, wizard, enchanter



magician

/ məˈdʒɪʃən /

noun

  1. another term for conjuror
  2. a person who practises magic
  3. a person who has extraordinary skill, influence, or qualities
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of magician1

1350–1400; magic + -ian; replacing Middle English magicien < Middle French
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Example Sentences

Wynn also paid $18 million to create an 88-acre animal habitat for the magicians outside Las Vegas.

Matthew’s word Magi is a vague clue, since it can mean astronomers, wise men or magicians and was applied to people from all over.

From Time

They started calling it Al’s Magic Shop, and then a lot of professional magicians started hanging around, and before I knew it, I was in the magic business.

In the backroom, behind a curtain, masters of the craft such as Tony Slydini and Dai Vernon conducted private demonstrations for aspiring magicians.

Commercial execs at social video app Triller are like those magicians.

From Digiday

He was a magician, an invisible teller of tales with the power to make my sides ache without telling a single joke.

But I remember the first week when Nigel called me the magician of dance.

After Fajuri acquired the box last year, he began gathering other memorabilia of the late, great magician.

“There was a time when he was just sort of another dead magician,” Culliton says.

Sara was pregnant, and the magician had to decide whether it was time to lay his cards down.

He made me think of an old time magician more than anything, and I felt that with a touch of his wand he could transform us all.

As if a magician's wand had touched him, the garland of roses transformed him into a vision of Oriental beauty.

Oh, sorcery of the most wonderful magician of letters the world has seen since Shakespeare!

Is it quite true that Simon, called the Magician, was adored among the Romans?

Such was the Roman divinity which for so many ages was taken for Simon the Magician.

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