What does magician mean?

Definitions for magician
məˈdʒɪʃ ənma·gi·cian

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. magician, prestidigitator, conjurer, conjuror, illusionistnoun

    someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

  2. sorcerer, magician, wizard, necromancer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgistnoun

    one who practices magic or sorcery

GCIDE

  1. Magiciannoun

    An entertainer who produces seemingly magical effects by clever illusions; most magicians admit that the craft is mere illusion, rather than a true supernatural art.

Wiktionary

  1. magiciannoun

    A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.

  2. magiciannoun

    A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts .

  3. magiciannoun

    A performer of tricks or an escapologist.

  4. magiciannoun

    An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.

  5. magiciannoun

    A person who astounds, is an enigma.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Magiciannoun

    One skilled in magick; an enchanter; a necromancer.

    Etymology: magicus, Latin.

    What black magician conjures up this fiend,
    To stop devoted charitable deeds. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

    An old magician, that did keep
    Th’ Hesperian fruit, and made the dragon sleep;
    Her potent charms do troubled souls relieve,
    And, where she lists, makes calmest souls to grieve. Edmund Waller.

    There are millions of truths that a man is not concerned to know; as, whether Roger Bacon was a mathematician, or a magician. John Locke.

ChatGPT

  1. magician

    A magician is a person who performs magic tricks or illusions for entertainment purposes, often involving the seemingly impossible or supernatural. Some magicians may also utilize their skills in sleight of hand, illusion, deception, or psychological manipulation. Additionally, in historical or fantasy contexts, a magician might refer to someone who practices or claims to practice actual magic or sorcery.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Magiciannoun

    one skilled in magic; one who practices the black art; an enchanter; a necromancer; a sorcerer or sorceress; a conjurer

  2. Etymology: [F. magicien. See Magic, n.]

Wikidata

  1. Magician

    A magician is a practitioner of magic that has the ability to attain objectives or acquire knowledge wisdom using supernatural or nonrational means. Some modern magicians, such as Aleister Crowley and those who follow the traditions of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and Ordo Templi Orientis, describe magic in rational terms, using definitions, postulates and theorems. Aleister Crowley said "the magician of the future will use mathematical formulas". The paranormal kind of magician can also be referred to as an enchanter, wizard, mage, magus, or thaumaturgist. These overlapping terms may be distinguished by some traditions or some writers. When such distinctions are made, sorcerers are more often practitioners of evocations or black magic, and there may be variations on level and type of power associated with each name. Some names, distinctions, or aspects may have more of a negative connotation than others, depending on the setting and the context.

Editors Contribution

  1. magiciannoun

    Chiefly archaic spelling of wise men that bring gifts to Jesus said in later traditions to be kings central intelligence of the chosen women. 1.) a person with magical powers. A person who performs magic in reality for entertainment. A person with exceptional skills in a particular area.

    I am a magician as a lexicographer.

    Etymology: Art of a miracle


    Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on June 17, 2024  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of magician in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of magician in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of magician in a Sentence

  1. Longfellow:

    In the life of every man there are sudden transitions of feeling, which seem almost miraculous. At once, as if some magician had touched the heavens and the earth, the dark clouds melt into the air, the wind falls, and serenity succeeds the storm. The causes which produce these changes may have been long at work within us, but the changes themselves are instantaneous, and apparently without sufficient cause.

  2. The Buddha:

    A brahmin once asked the Blessed One: Are you a God? No, brahmin, said the Blessed One. Are you a saint? No, brahmin, said the Blessed One. Are you a magician? No, brahmin, said the Blessed One. What are you then? ''I am awake.

  3. William Haseltine:

    In this interview Adrian Hill is like a magician who distracts the audience with one shiny object to detract you from the fact that Adrian Hill accomplice is picking your pocket.

  4. The Rockies:

    In 2012, he was the flashiest, funnest guy to watch I had ever seen in the field, it was like, ’Oh, my gosh, if he can just piece it together, he’s Omar Vizquel.’ He’s like a magician with his hands. He also brings an energy. He’s pieced together a really awesome career. I’ve been impressed with him since the day I met him.

  5. Raymond Smullyan:

    Because I have been a magician for many years, people have often asked me whether I ever have sawn a woman in half. I reply, Oh, yes I've sawn over seventy women in half in my lifetime, and I'm learning the second half of the trick now.

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