conjuror

/ ˈkʌndʒərə /

noun

1. a person who practises conjuring, esp for people's entertainment
2. a person who practises magic; sorcerer

Example Sentences

He said his lifelong love affair with theatre stemmed in part from seeing his sister being sawn in half as a conjuror's assistant at a local music hall.

From BBC

Then again, skipper Stokes has proved to be a conjuror of 20 wickets on even the flattest pitches.

From BBC

In 2005, he received the Griffin Poetry Prize and was praised by judges as “a magician, a conjuror,” master of “a disarming, deadpan precision, which should never be mistaken for simplicity.”

From Seattle Times

At a boarding house, he meets a conjuror named Bynum Walker, who tells him that in order to face and overcome the demons that torment him, he must find his song.

From Salon

There was his mother, a conjuror of hilarious pranks.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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