Definitions for magicianməˈdʒɪʃ ən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ma•gi•cianməˈdʒɪʃ ən(n.)

  1. a person who performs sleight-of-hand tricks or other illusions.

  2. a sorcerer.

Origin of magician:

1350–1400; < MF

Princeton's WordNet

  1. magician, prestidigitator, conjurer, conjuror, illusionist(noun)

    someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

  2. sorcerer, magician, wizard, necromancer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist(noun)

    one who practices magic or sorcery

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. magician(noun)əˈdʒɪʃ ən

    sb who performs magic tricks

    a magician hired to entertain visitors

Wiktionary

  1. magician(Noun)

    A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.

  2. magician(Noun)

    A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts .

  3. magician(Noun)

    A performer of tricks or an escapologist.

  4. magician(Noun)

    An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.

  5. magician(Noun)

    A person who astounds, is an enigma.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Magician(noun)

    one skilled in magic; one who practices the black art; an enchanter; a necromancer; a sorcerer or sorceress; a conjurer


Translations for magician

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

magician(noun)

a person skilled in the art of magic

They hired a magician to entertain the children.

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