conjurer

noun

ˈkän-jər-ər How to pronounce conjurer (audio)
variants or conjuror
Definition of conjurernext
1
as in magician
a person skilled in using supernatural forces in the book the conjurer battles a barbarian swordsman

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2
as in illusionist
one who practices tricks and illusions for entertainment a conjurer in Las Vegas who must make audiences believe in the impossible eight shows a week

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Recent Examples of conjurer Supporting the lead characters is Annie (Mosaku), Smoke’s true love and the town’s trusted spiritual healer and Hoodoo conjurer. — Robert Lang, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025 Just as a conjurer saws a lady in half, the movie keeps dividing its characters and relationships. — Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025 Annie is the community’s spiritual leader, a Hoodoo conjurer, herbalist and healer. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025 There was a collective inhale as Kyle Abraham—founder, Artistic Director, conjurer—took the stage for a solo that reminded us why his company carries his name. — Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for conjurer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conjurer
  1. magician
  2. sorcerer
  3. mage
  4. wizard
  5. witch
Noun
  • The bad blood just increases from there and gets exceedingly personal as each magician tries to outdo the other in an electrifying, gripping duel that tears apart both their lives.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • The magician is already a legend, but another World Cup title would put him on another level entirely.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Definition of magician
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  • The sequence featuring Circe, the sorcerer who turns Odysseus’s men into pigs, might be the most disturbing of them all, not so much for what’s shown as for what’s implied, as the men’s body-horror-like transformations occur in tight shots.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 July 2026
  • But that apprehension is directed toward monsters, goddesses, sorcerers, and nymphs.
    — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026
Definition of sorcerer
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  • This young adult fantasy follows a 16-year-old who discovers a magical attack and realizes this new world of demons and mages has a connection to her mother’s death.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Or this one, where the mage Nic Cage totes Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
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  • Their quest pits them against wizards, monsters, dragons, and a sinister conspiracy in a lighthearted fantasy adventure inspired by the tabletop RPG.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • The books about the life of a young wizard were adapted into a movie series that debuted in 2001 with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
Definition of wizard
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  • The standout interlude is the soldiers’ visit to the island domain of Circe, a treacherous witch played with deceptive calm and a misleading air of distraction by a bone-chilling Samantha Morton.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
  • What’s far more eloquent is the episode with the witch Circe (a terrific Samantha Morton), whose habit of tricking and transforming men into animals is rendered in evocatively physical, body-horror-esque imagery.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 July 2026
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