Magician
/məˈd͡ʒɪʃn̩/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
- 2 someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience wordnet
- 3 A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts. derogatory, sometimes
"The truth is that [Isaac] Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians”."
- 4 one who practices magic or sorcery wordnet
- 5 A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.
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- 6 An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.
- 7 A person who astounds; an enigma.
Example
More examples"The magician had the children's attention."
Etymology
From Middle English magicien, from Middle French magicien.