Meaning

5 senses
  1. One who conjures, a magician.

  2. One who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand.

    1893 The man is by trade a conjurer and performer, going round the canteens after nightfall, and giving a little entertainment at each. — Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Crooked Man".

    фо́кусникfókusnik, фо́кусницаfókusnica, иллюзиони́стilljuzioníst

    someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

  3. One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.

    Zauberer

    волше́бникvolšébnik, чароде́йčarodéj, магmag

  4. A cooking appliance comprising a pot (large or small) with a gridiron wielded beneath it, like a brazier, used for cooking methods such as broiling.

  5. (ironic, obsolete, often)One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Reality is a conjurer's trick.

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  2. Holmes stood before us with the air of a conjurer who is performing a trick.

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  3. The man is by trade a conjurer and performer, going round the canteens after nightfall, and giving a little entertainment at each.

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  4. You had the same experience as Mr Bean when the conjurer summoned him.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
one who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand:
one who conjures:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who conjures:

Origin

From Middle English conjurer, from Anglo-Norman conjurour (“conjurer, conspirator”). Equiv

From Middle English conjurer, from Anglo-Norman conjurour (“conjurer, conspirator”). Equivalent to conjure + -er.

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Forms

plural: conjurers

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedconjure

See also

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