charmer
Britishnoun
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an attractive person
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a person claiming or seeming to have magical powers
Example Sentences
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At once a reminder to revisit familiar books and a prompt to read new ones, “Worlds of Wonder” is a charmer that, to paraphrase Aristotle, is more than the sum of its parts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
It helps, too, that Henry is such a charmer.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2025
She said Owens was a "complete charmer" when they first met and started to date but things started to go downhill within a matter of weeks.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025
Eisenberg cast himself as the tightly wound introvert and Culkin as the charmer whose exuberance masks a deep inner turmoil.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024
She adored her son—the child born late in life when she wasn’t sure she could still have children, the charmer, the one whose manipulations she always gave in to.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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