spellbinder
Americannoun
noun
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a person capable of holding others spellbound, esp a political speaker
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a novel, play, etc, that holds one enthralled
Etymology
Origin of spellbinder
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This performance was, more often than not, a spellbinder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2017
Irina Tsikurishvili is a sinewy, sinister spellbinder as the witch.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2016
But any worries that the spellbinder who created the “Leenane” trilogy and “The Pillowman” might have lost his gift for holding an audience in his demented thrall are vanquished almost as soon as “Hangmen” begins.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2016
In which case Hodgson will use the Mascherano bounty to mount a bid for Carlton Cole, whose similarity to a nifty Brazilian spellbinder is plain to see.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 10, 2010
Accepting the challenge, the professional spellbinder allowed his place on the stump of the cottonwood to be held by the raw Demosthenes.
From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Henry Llewellyn Williams
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