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Definition: Conjurer |
ConjurerNoun1. Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience. 2. A witch doctor who practices conjury. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "conjurer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a conjuror, denotes unpleasant experience will beset you in your search for wealth and happiness. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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Synonyms: ConjurerSynonyms: conjure man (n), conjuror (n), illusionist (n), magician (n), prestidigitator (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bungler | No conjurer, flat, muff, slow coach, looby, lubber, swab; clod, yokel, awkward squad, blanc-bec; galoot. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Conjurer |
| English words defined with "conjurer": Powpow, Pythonist. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "conjurer": Ramee Samee. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Conjurer" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (conjure, implore, stave off). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Late is the hour in which this conjurer chooses to appear. (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) | |
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| "Conjurer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Conjurer" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
conjurer | 2 |
bit conjurer | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "conjurer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shërues (curative, healer, healing, remedial, salutary, sanative, sanatory), prestigjiator (conjuror, illusionist, magician, prestidigitator), magjistar (conjuror, enchanter, fascinator, mage, magician, magus, medicine man, sorcerer, thaumaturge, Warlock, wizard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المناشد (conjuror), المشعوذ (charlatan, magician, magus, mountebank, operator, prestidigitator, sorcerer, voodoo, warlock), الساحر (charmer, enchanter, magician, sorcerer, voodoo, warlock, wizard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | фокусник (illusionist, juggler, magician, mugger, prestidigitator, thaumaturge, trickster, wizard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kouzelník (conjuror, enchanter, illusionist, mage, magician, magus, medicine man, sorcerer, spellbinder, wise man, witchdoctor, wizard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ساحر (Hex, Necromancer, Sorcerous), ادم تردست . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | taikuri (magician, sorcerer, wizard), silmänkantamaton, silmänkääntäjä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sorcier (conjuror), illusionniste (conjuror). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zauberer (captivator, enchanter, magician, sorcerer, sorcerers, warlock, wizard, wizards), zauberkünstler (magician). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μάγοσ (bewitcher, conjuror, magician, medicineman, sorcerer, wizard), εξορκιστήσ (adjurer, conjuror, exorcist), ταχυδακτυλουργόσ (juggler, legerdemainist, magician, prestidigitator), θαυματοποιόσ (illusionist, magician). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | varázsló (cole prophet, conjuror, enchanter, magician, medicine man, powwow, pow-wow, sorcerer, Warlock, wizard), szellemidéző (conjuror, spookist), bűvész (charmer, conjuror, prestidigitator, sorcerer), ördögűző (conjuror, exorcist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | prestigiatore (juggler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ""師 (magician), 奇"師 (juggler, magician). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きじゅつし (descriptor, juggler, magician), まじゅつし (magician). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 마 사 (magician, Magicians). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fer obbee (sorcerer, warlock, witch-doctor, wizard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onjurercay prestidigitador (conjuror, counterfeit, illusionist, juggler, magician, palmer, prestidigitator), mágico (fairy, mage, magic, magical, magician, mystical, sorcerer, warlock, witching). (various references) prestidigitator (conjuror, prestidigitator). (various references) фокусник (conjuror, juggler, magician, prestidigitatior, prestidigitator, wiz). (various references) osoba koja priziva duhove, mađioničar (magician, magus). (various references) mago (conjuror, elf, magician, magus, wizard). (various references) trollkarl (conjuror, enchanter, fascinator, illusionist, magician, sorcerer, viz, Warlock, wizard). (various references) sihirbaz (charmer, conjuror, illusionist, mage, magician, sorcerer, Warlock, wise man, witch, wizard), hokkabaz (conjuror, illusionist, juggler, prestidigitator), afsuncu (conjuror, sorcerer, witch). (various references) чародій (charmer, conjuror, fascinator, wizard), чаклун (charmer, conjuror, enchanter, hoodoo, magician, magus, necromancer, voodoo, weird), фокусник (conjuror, enchanter, magician, prestidigitator, sorcerer, wizard), заклинач (charmer, conjuror, exorcist). (various references) pháp sư người thông minh khác thường (conjuror), người rất khéo (conjuror), người l m trò ảo thuật thầy phù thuỷ (conjuror), người có t i cán (conjuror). (various references) consuriwr, consurio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | thaumatourgos. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "conjurer": conjurers. (additional references) | |
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"Conjurer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: congure, conjore, conjur, Nonjuror. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-j-n-o-r-r-u" | |
-1 letter: conjure. | |
-2 letters: corner, jounce. | |
-3 letters: corer, cornu, crone, crore, cruor, curer, junco, juror, ounce, recon, recur, rerun, rouen. | |
-4 letters: cero, cone, core, corn, cure, curn, curr, ecru, euro, jeon, once, roue, ruer, rune, unco. | |
-5 letters: con, cor, cue, cur, ecu, eon, ern, err, jeu, joe, jun, nor, one, orc, ore, our, rec, roc, roe, rue. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-j-n-o-r-r-u" | |
+1 letter: conjurers. | |
+3 letters: conjecturer. | |
+4 letters: conjecturers. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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