conjurer

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English conjurer, from Anglo-Norman conjurour (conjurer, conspirator). Equivalent to conjure +‎ -er.

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Noun

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conjurer (plural conjurers)

  1. One who conjures, a magician.
    • July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[1]
      With his crude potato-sack mask and fear-inducing toxins, The Scarecrow, a “psychopharmacologist” at an insane asylum, acts as a conjurer of nightmares, capable of turning his patients’ most terrifying anxieties against them.
    • c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
      His incivility confirms no less. Good Doctor Pinch, you are a conjurer; Establish him in his true sense again, And I will please you what you will demand.
  2. One who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand.
    • 1893 The man is by trade a conjurer and performer, going round the canteens after nightfall, and giving a little entertainment at each. — Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Crooked Man".
  3. One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.
  4. (obsolete, often ironic) One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity.
    • 1709 April 23 – 1710 January 13 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], The Tatler, number 17; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, [], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.;  [], 1822, →OCLC:
      Some would be apt to say, he is a Conjurer; for he has found, That a Republick [] is composed of Men only, and not of Horses
      The spelling has been modernized.
  5. A cooking appliance comprising a pot (large or small) with a gridiron wielded beneath it, like a brazier, used for cooking methods such as broiling.

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French

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Verb

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conjurer

  1. to beseech, to beg
    Je vous en conjure !
    I beseech you!
  2. to ward off
  3. to conspire, to plot, to conjure
  4. (magic) to conjure

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman conjurour; equivalent to conjuren +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌkunˈdʒiu̯rɛːr(ə)/, /ˌkunˈdʒiu̯rər(ə)/, /ˈkundʒəˌrɛːr(ə)/, /ˈkundʒərər(ə)/

Noun

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conjurer

  1. conjurer, magician
  2. exorcist

Descendants

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  • English: conjurer, conjuror

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Old French

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Verb

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conjurer

  1. to beseech, to beg

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.