CONJUROR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conjuror mean? 

• CONJUROR (noun)
  The noun CONJUROR has 2 senses:

1. someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

2. a witch doctor who practices conjury

  Familiarity information: CONJUROR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONJUROR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

conjurer; conjuror; illusionist; magician; prestidigitator

Hypernyms ("conjuror" is a kind of...):

performer; performing artist (an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conjuror"):

escape expert; escapologist (an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping)

mind reader; telepathist; thought-reader (a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice))

Derivation:

conjure (summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A witch doctor who practices conjury

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

conjure man; conjurer; conjuror

Hypernyms ("conjuror" is a kind of...):

witch doctor (someone who is believed to heal through magical powers)

 Context examples 

“I want to talk to you so much!” said I. “It's such a lightening of my heart, only to look at you! If I had had a conjuror's cap, there is no one I should have wished for but you!”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)