conjurer

con·jur·er

or con′ju·ror

a person who solemnly entreats or appeals to someone
a magician; sorcerer
a person skilled in legerdemain

Origin of conjurer

Middle English conjurour: see conjure

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conjurer

also con·jur·or

noun

One that performs magic tricks; a magician.
A sorcerer or sorceress.

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Noun

(plural conjurers)

One who conjures, a magician.
One who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand.
One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.

Origin

From Anglo-Norman conjurour.

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In 1548 he took the degree of master of arts; but in the same year he found it necessary to leave England on account of the suspicions entertained of his being a conjurer; these were first excited by a piece of machinery, which, in the Pax of Aristophanes, he exhibited to the university, representing the scarabaeus flying up to Jupiter, with a man and a basket of victuals on its back.

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