wonder-worker

American  

[wuhn-der-wur-ker] / ˈwʌn dərˌwɜr kər /

noun

1. a worker or performer of wonders or marvels.

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Other Word Forms

• wonder-working
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of wonder-worker

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

It doesn’t hurt that Oscar wonder-worker Harvey Weinstein of The Weinstein Company is supervising the campaign; he also has the real-life Lee working the media.

From Time • Feb. 27, 2014

She sees him in something very like the traditional manifestation of the poet: unemphatic, vulnerable, fleet of foot and pale of gaze, a wonder-worker somewhat in awe of his own powers.

From The Guardian • Jul. 29, 2011

Hytner, the British wonder-worker who has shown that visual theatrics can serve the emotions rather than overwhelm them, doesn't do enough to relieve the show's darkness.

From Time Magazine Archive

At this moment the bell rang, and Mrs. Cameron exclaimed: "There! that may be your wonder-worker."

From The Shadow World by Garland, Hamlin

Thaumatur′gism, thaumaturgy; Thaumatur′gist, a wonder-worker; Thaumatur′gus, a wonder-worker: a worker of miracles, applied to certain saints.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various