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Meanings of
prestidigitator
in English
Portuguese
ilusionista
Catalan
mag
Spanish
mago
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Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience.
magician
conjurer
conjuror
illusionist
Portuguese
ilusionista
Synonyms
Examples for "
magician
"
magician
conjurer
conjuror
illusionist
Examples for "
magician
"
1
Paul McGinley must wish he was a
magician
,
able to distort reality.
2
This wasn't the first time a
magician
worked for a western government.
3
As far as I was concerned, this made Charlie an absolute
magician
.
4
Whether or not he was also a
magician
is a moot question.
5
The awe of the
magician
became the stricken panic of the woman.
1
William had met the
conjurer
at various parties and despised him utterly.
2
If it's some of Jouret's far-famed magic, I'll say he's some
conjurer
.
3
To secure such power, Hugh, the
conjurer
,
ate the flesh of eagles.
4
Outina's
conjurer
was of the number, and had well-nigh ruined the enterprise.
5
Why, it is an old trick that any wayside
conjurer
can do.
1
I don't know if you have ever seen a really good
conjuror
-
2
Nor was this all; both tymbesteres and
conjuror
were fortune-tellers by profession.
3
From the top of the ladder, he produced trees like a
conjuror
.
4
I will now give a few stories illustrative of the
conjuror
's
power.
5
Alle I woulde say is, I ne'er set up for a
conjuror
.
1
Raistlin gestured like an
illusionist
showing off a trick to the crowd.
2
He wrote: Like the TV
illusionist
,
he wants you to believe something unbelievable.
3
The smile vanished from the
illusionist
's
face as he felt his balance go.
4
My dear, you should know by now: an
illusionist
never gives away his secrets.
5
Fashion is about illusion and Kate is a brilliant
illusionist
.
Usage of
prestidigitator
in English
1
Had Pierre been a
prestidigitator
and had he merely said presto!
2
You call me a
prestidigitator
,
a fraud-youshall suffer for that!
3
The same audience would applaud Paderewski or a great
prestidigitator
.
4
Such a
prestidigitator
as Signor Fantoccini has only to say-Presto
5
That God is a juggler-heis the infinite
prestidigitator
.
6
Then we had Rufus Kellar Smith, the parlor
prestidigitator
.
7
At all these performances there are always amongst the spectators persons in league with the
prestidigitator
.
8
DENTIST, n. A
prestidigitator
who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coins out of your pocket.
9
Edmund, with the skill of a
prestidigitator
,
got out another match, and pushed it into my fingers.
10
Her smooth hand stretched toward him as quickly as a
prestidigitator
's
,
with the glass of orange juice.
11
Strike out the element of time and we see evolution as the great
prestidigitator
of the biologic ages.
12
It passed before Flora's eyes like a
prestidigitator
's
trick, so rapid as to seem unreal, and left her staring.
13
These were Prior, the prosperous City coffee importer, and Lang, the stockjobber, well known in his own circle as an amateur
prestidigitator
.
14
But it is best for a boy unpracticed and without the dexterity of a professional
prestidigitator
not to undertake to play with fire.
15
It may be that the man called Rostat who, eight years ago, worked with Dickson, the
prestidigitator
,
was none other than Arsène Lupin.
16
They raked losing bets and paid winners with the speed of
prestidigitators
.
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
prestidigitator
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
great prestidigitator
amateur prestidigitator
infinite prestidigitator
professional prestidigitator
Translations for
prestidigitator
Portuguese
ilusionista
magician
Catalan
mag
il·lusionista
prestidigitador
Spanish
mago
Prestidigitator
through the time