conjurator

[ kon-juh-rey-ter ]

noun

1. a person who practices conjuration.
2. Law. a conspirator.

Word History and Origins

Origin of conjurator¹

1400–50; late Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin conjūrā ( re ) to conjure + -tor -tor

Example Sentences

Any one accused of crime by common report could clear himself by his own oath and that of a single legal conjurator, unless there was a legitimate plaintiff or accuser; and no one could be tried by the inquisitorial process without his own consent.—Chassaing,

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