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charmer|ˈtʃɑːmə(r)|
[f. charm v. + -er1; or a. OF. charmere (nom. of charmeur), f. charmer.]
1. One who uses spells and enchantments, or who has magic powers; an enchanter.
c1340Ayenb. 69 Ase doþ þise charmeres and þise wychen. a1340Hampole Psalter lvii[i]. 5 He lufes not charmers and venym makers. 1382Wyclif 1 Kings xxviii. 3 Saul..slewȝ hem that hadden chaarmers of devels in the wombe. 1535Coverdale Ps. lvii[i]. 5. 1604 Shakes. Oth. iii. iv. 57 She was a Charmer, and could almost read The thoughts of people. c1638Sc. Pasquils (1868) 56 From..montebanks and charmers..deliver us. 1862Lytton Str. Story I. 148 Filling his barbaric court with charmers and sorcerers.
2. One who overcomes, subdues, allays, etc., as if by magic power.
1870Spurgeon Treas. David Ps. xxxii. 10 Faith in God is the great charmer of life's cares.
3. One who possesses great attractiveness or powers of fascination; usually applied to a woman.
1676D'Urfey Mad. Fickle ii. ii, Speak sweet Charmer, Will you be always true? 1725Pope Odyss. xii. 232 Thus the sweet charmers warbled o'er the main. 1728Gay Begg. Op. ii. xxxv, How happy could I be with either Were t'other dear charmer away. 1765Goldsm. Hermit xxxviii, Turn, Angelina, ever dear, My charmer, turn to see Thy own, thy long-lost Edwin here. 1852Thackeray Esmond ii. xi. (1876) 223 Mrs. Mountford..(a veteran charmer of fifty). 1865M. Arnold Ess. Crit. viii. (1875) 346 Such a charmer of the literary sense as Voltaire.
†4. Applied to a kind of dance. Obs.
1703Farquhar Inconstant i. ii. (D.), I don't believe there was a man of 'em but could dance a charmer. |