conjuror
/ˈkʌndʒərə
/(also conjurer)
noun
A performer of conjuring tricks.Similarly, they used it to combat the various tricks of magicians and conjurers and to create love or hatred between people....
- The one answer I had a hundred times in that hour to offer the interviewees was quite simple: ‘If you had seen those same phenomena performed by a stage conjurer, how would you respond?’
- And, ‘people of unimpeachable character’ have also reported that I and many other conjurors performed many miracles, over the years, and they were quite wrong.
Synonyms
magician, illusionist;
British member of the Magic Circle
formal prestidigitator
Origin
Middle English: partly from conjure, partly from Old French conjureor, conjurere, from medieval Latin conjurator, from Latin conjurare 'conspire' (see conjure).