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Definition: Conjuror |
ConjurorNoun1. 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 "conjuror" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1590. (references) |
Synonyms: ConjurorSynonyms: conjure man (n), conjurer (n), illusionist (n), magician (n), prestidigitator (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deceiver | Conjuror, juggler, trickster, prestidigitator, jockey; crimp, decoy, decoy duck; rogue, knave, cheat; swindler; (thief); jobber. |
Falsehood | Cant, play the hypocrite, sham Abraham, faire pattes de velours, put on the mask, clean the outside of the platter, lie like a conjuror; hand out false colors, hold out false colors, sail under false colors; "commend the poisoned chalice to the lips"; ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces; deceive. |
Fool | One who will not set the Thames on fire; one who did not invent gunpowder, qui n'a pas invente' la poudre; no conjuror. |
Proficient | Nice hand, good hand, clean hand; practiced hand, experienced eye, experienced hand; marksman; good shot, dead shot, crack shot; ropedancer, funambulist, acrobat; cunning man; conjuror; (deceiver); wizard. |
Sorcerer | Noun: sorcerer, magician; thaumaturgist, theurgist; conjuror, necromancer, seer, wizard, witch; hoodoo, voodoo; fairy; lamia, hag. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Conjuror |
| English words defined with "conjuror": Jongler. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "conjuror": Conjurer ♦ Hocus Pocus ♦ TOLLIBAN RIG. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Conjuror As a Good Samaritan (1912) Conjuror Imro Fox (1896) | |
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| "Conjuror" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.22% of the time. "Conjuror" is used about 36 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) | 97.22% | 35 | 58,339 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.78% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 36 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "conjuror": no conjuror. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 |
conjuror | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "conjuror"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | prestigjiator (conjurer, illusionist, magician, prestidigitator), magjistar (conjurer, enchanter, fascinator, mage, magician, magus, medicine man, sorcerer, thaumaturge, Warlock, wizard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مشعوذ (charlatan, juggler, quack, swindler, voodoo), ساحر (attractive, bewitched, captivating, charming, darling, ducky, enchanting, engaging, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, glamourous, magic, magical, magnetic, magus, mesmeric, pleasant, prestigious, ravishing, stunning, taking, winning, winsome, zestful), المناشد (conjurer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | вълшебник (charmer), илюзионист (illusionist, magician, prestidigitator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kouzelník (conjurer, enchanter, illusionist, mage, magician, magus, medicine man, sorcerer, spellbinder, wise man, witchdoctor, wizard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sorcier (conjurer), prestidigitateur, illusionniste (conjurer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zauberern (enchanters, sorcerers, warlocks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μάγοσ (bewitcher, conjurer, magician, medicineman, sorcerer, wizard), εξορκιστήσ (adjurer, conjurer, exorcist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szellemidéző (conjurer, spookist), bűvész (charmer, conjurer, prestidigitator, sorcerer), ördögűző (conjurer, exorcist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onjurorcay prestidigitador (conjurer, counterfeit, illusionist, juggler, magician, palmer, prestidigitator). (various references) vrãjitor (charmer, enchanter, magician, magus, necromancer, powwow, sorcerer, wizard), scamator (wizard), prestidigitator (conjurer, prestidigitator), persoanã care implorã, iluzionist (illusionist, magician). (various references) фокусник (conjurer, juggler, magician, prestidigitatior, prestidigitator, wiz), волшебник (charmer, conjurer, enchanter, magician, sorcerer, thaumaturge, warlock, wiz). (various references) vidi conjurer. (various references) prestidigitador (conjurer, illusionist, prestidigitator), mago (conjurer, elf, magician, magus, wizard). (various references) trollkarl (conjurer, enchanter, fascinator, illusionist, magician, sorcerer, viz, Warlock, wizard). (various references) sihirbaz (charmer, conjurer, illusionist, mage, magician, sorcerer, Warlock, wise man, witch, wizard), hokkabaz (conjurer, illusionist, juggler, prestidigitator), afsuncu (conjurer, sorcerer, witch). (various references) чародій (charmer, conjurer, fascinator, wizard), чаклун (charmer, conjurer, enchanter, hoodoo, magician, magus, necromancer, voodoo, weird), фокусник (conjurer, enchanter, magician, prestidigitator, sorcerer, wizard), заклинач (charmer, conjurer, exorcist). (various references) pháp sư người thông minh khác thường (conjurer), người rất khéo (conjurer), người l m trò ảo thuật thầy phù thuỷ (conjurer), người có t i cán (conjurer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "conjuror": conjurors. (additional references) | |
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"Conjuror" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Conjugo, Nonjuror, Shinjuro. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "conjuror" (pronounced kÄ"njerer) |
| 3 | -j er er | perjurer. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-j-n-o-o-r-r-u" | |
-3 letters: cornu, croon, cruor, junco, juror. | |
-4 letters: coon, corn, curn, curr, unco. | |
-5 letters: con, coo, cor, cur, jun, noo, nor, orc, our, roc, run, urn. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-j-n-o-o-r-r-u" | |
+1 letter: conjurors. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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