snake charmer

American  

noun

1. an entertainer who seems to charm venomous snakes, usually by music.

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snake charmer British  

noun

1. an entertainer, esp in Asia, who charms or appears to charm snakes by playing music and by rhythmic body movements

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Etymology

Origin of snake charmer

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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snake charmer

In the booth, Suga Free could make street anthems out of beats that sounded made for a polyrhythmic Marrakech snake charmer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2023

It was packed with clichés the West liked - the Indian royalty, a tiger hunt, mating cobras and a snake charmer.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2023

She handled her elders the way a snake charmer handles snakes.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 25, 2018

Gold’s industry peers liken the way she does her job to the practice of an alchemist, a snake charmer, a card sharp, as if she were performing some kind of shadowy magic.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 26, 2018

He was a snake charmer whose own snake had died.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel