magician
Appearance
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- magitian (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle English magicien, from Middle French magicien.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]magician (plural magicians)
- A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
- (sometimes derogatory) A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.
- 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:
- The truth is that [Isaac] Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians”.
- A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.
- An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.
- A person who astounds; an enigma.
Synonyms
[edit]- (practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic): sorcerer, wizard, warlock, witch, mage, magic user, spellcaster, enchanter, conjurer, thaumaturge, theurgist
- (spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts): spiritualist, mystic, shaman, witch doctor
- (performer of tricks): wizard, trickster, stage magician
- (talented craftsman or scientist): whizz, whiz, wiz, wizard
- (person who astounds, is an enigma): phenomenon
- See also Thesaurus:magician
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic
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spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts
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performer of tricks
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amazingly talented craftsman or scientist
person who astounds, is an enigma
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Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French magicien. By surface analysis, magic + -ian.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]magician m (plural magicieni, feminine equivalent magiciană)
- magician
- Magicianul a avut un iepure și o pălărie.
- The magician had a rabbit and a hat.
- (figurative) a whizz, magician
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | magician | magicianul | magicieni | magicienii | |
genitive-dative | magician | magicianului | magicieni | magicienilor | |
vocative | magicianule | magicienilor |
Synonyms
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[edit]References
[edit]- magician in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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