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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


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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

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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