conjurer

conjurer
    n 1: someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
         [syn: {magician}, {prestidigitator}, {conjurer},
         {conjuror}, {illusionist}]
    2: a witch doctor who practices conjury [syn: {conjurer},
       {conjuror}, {conjure man}]
    

Juggler \Jug"gler\, n. [OE. jogelour, juglur, OF. jogleor,
   jugleor, jongleor, F. jongleur, fr. L. joculator a jester,
   joker, fr. joculus a little jest or joke, dim. of jocus jest,
   joke. See {Joke}, and cf. {Jongleur}, {Joculator}.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. One who juggles; one who practices or exhibits tricks by
      sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer.
      [Archaic]

   Note: This sense is now expressed by {magician} or
         {conjurer}.
         [1913 Webster +PJC]

               As nimble jugglers that deceive the eye. --Shak.
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               Jugglers and impostors do daily delude them.
                                                  --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
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   2. A deceiver; a cheat. --Shak.
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   3. A person who juggles objects, i. e. who maintains several
      objects in the air by passing them in turn from one hand
      to another.
      [PJC]
    

Conjurer \Con*jur"er\, n.
   One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a
   solemn manner.
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Conjurer \Con"jur*er\, n.
   1. One who practices magic arts; one who pretends to act by
      the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats
      of legerdemain or sleight of hand.
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            Dealing with witches and with conjurers. --Shak.
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            From the account the loser brings,
            The conjurer knows who stole the things. --Prior.
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   2. One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of
      sagacity. [Obs.] --Addison.
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61 Moby Thesaurus words for "conjurer":
      Comus, Faust, artist, artiste, belly dancer, burlesque queen,
      chorine, chorus boy, chorus girl, coryphee, dancer, dancing girl,
      diabolist, diviner, dowser, ecdysiast, enchanter, entertainer,
      escamoteur, exotic dancer, female impersonator, geisha,
      geisha girl, guisard, guiser, hoofer, illusionist, impersonator,
      juggler, mage, magian, magician, magus, miracle-worker, mountebank,
      mummer, musician, nautch girl, necromancer, peeler, performer,
      prestidigitator, public entertainer, show girl, singer,
      sleight-of-hand performer, sorcerer, stripper, stripteaser,
      stripteuse, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, theurgist, tricker,
      trickster, vaudevillian, vaudevillist, voodooist, warlock,
      water witch, wizard