Magician

//məˈd͡ʒɪʃn̩// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
  2. 2
    someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience wordnet
  3. 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 The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts.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. 4
    one who practices magic or sorcery wordnet
  5. 5
    A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.
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  1. 6
    An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.
  2. 7
    A person who astounds; an enigma.

Synonyms

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wizardconjurerillusionistmagesorcerersorcerer

Example

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"The magician had the children's attention."

Etymology

From Middle English magicien, from Middle French magicien.

Related phrases

a magician never reveals his secretsblack magicianmagician's guiltwhite magicianbirthday partiescarnival showharry pottertrickery person

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