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Webster 1913 Edition

Magician

Ma-gi′cian

Noun.

[F.

magicien

. See

Magic

Noun.

]

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

Webster 1828 Edition

Magician

MAGI'CIAN

Noun.

One skilled in magic; one that practices the black art; an enchanter; a necromancer; a sorcerer or sorceress.

Definition 2024

magician

English

Alternative forms

magitian (obsolete)

Noun

magician ‎(plural magicians)

A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts (often derogatory).
- 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 The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts.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.
An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.
A person who astounds, is an enigma.

Synonyms

(practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic): sorcerer, thaumaturge, wizard, warlock, witch, magic user
(spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts): spiritualist, mystic, 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 Wikisaurus:magician

Translations

practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic

Albanian: magjistar (sq) m
Arabic: سَاحِر m ‎(sāḥir)
Armenian: կախարդ (hy) ‎(kaxard), վհուկ (hy) ‎(vhuk)
Azeri: sehrbaz (az)
Baluchi: سحرگو ‎(sahargo), جادوگر, سحر کنوخ ‎(sihr kanox)
Belarusian: чараўні́к m ‎(čaraŭník), маг m ‎(mah)
Bulgarian: вълше́бник (bg) m ‎(vǎlšébnik), чароде́й (bg) m ‎(čarodéj), маг (bg) m ‎(mag), магьосник (bg) m ‎(magjosnik), вещер (bg) m ‎(vešter)
Burmese: မျက်လှည့်ဆရာ (my) ‎(myakhlany.hca.ra)
Catalan: mag (ca) m, màgic m, fetiller (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巫師 (zh), 巫师 (zh) ‎(wūshī), 覡 (zh), 觋 (zh) ‎(xí), 魔術師 (zh), 魔术师 (zh) ‎(móshùshī), 妖人 (zh) ‎(yāorén)
Czech: kouzelník (cs) m
Dutch: tovenaar (nl) m, magiër m
Esperanto: iluziisto, sorĉisto
Estonian: maag, võlur (et)
Faroese: gandakallur m
Finnish: taikuri (fi)
French: magicien (fr) m
Georgian: ჯადოქარი ‎(ǯadokari), გრძნეული ‎(grʒneuli)
German: Magier (de) m, Zauberer (de) m, Zaubrer m, Magierin (de) f, Zauberin (de) f, Zaubrerin f
Greek: μάγος (el) m ‎(mágos)
Hebrew: קוסם (he) m ‎(kosem)
Hindi: जादूगर (hi) ‎(jādūgar)
Hungarian: mágus (hu), bűvész (hu)
Indonesian: tukang sulap (id), dukun (id)
Italian: mago (it) m, stregone (it) m
Japanese: 魔法使い ‎(まほうつかい, mahō tsukai), 魔術師 ‎(まじゅつし, majutsushi)
Kannada: ಮಾಂತ್ರಿಕ (kn) ‎(māṃtrika)
Khmer: មនុស្សចេះឆ ‎(mɔnuh ceh cʰɑɑ)

Korean: 마술사 (ko) ‎(masulsa) (魔術師 (ko))
Lao: ນະເລນ ‎(na lēn), ຜູ້ວິເສດ ‎(phū wi sēt)
Latgalian: būrs m, būre f, ragaņs m, ragane f
Latin: magus
Latvian: burvis (lv) m, burve (lv) f, zintnieks (lv) m
Lithuanian: magas (lt) m, burtininkas m
Macedonian: магио́ничар m ‎(magióničar)
Norman: magicien m
Norwegian: magiker m
Ottoman Turkish: سحرباز ‎(sihrbâz)
Persian: جادوگر (fa) ‎(jâdugar), ساحر (fa) ‎(sâher)
Polish: magik (pl) m, czarodziej (pl) m, czarownik (pl) m
Portuguese: mago (pt) m, bruxo (pt) m, mágico (pt) m, feiticeiro (pt) m
Romanian: vrăjitor (ro) m, magician (ro) m
Russian: волше́бник (ru) m ‎(volšébnik), колду́н (ru) m ‎(koldún), маг (ru) m ‎(mag), чароде́й (ru) m ‎(čarodéj)
Scottish Gaelic: draoidh m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: мађионичар m, маг m, чаробњак m

Roman: mađioničar (sh) m, mag (sh) m, čarobnjak (sh) m
Slovak: kúzelník m
Slovene: čarovnik (sl) m
Spanish: mago (es) m
Swedish: trollkarl (sv) m, trollkäring (sv) f, trollkona f, trollpacka (sv) f, trollgubbe m
Thai: ผู้วิเศษ ‎(pôo-wí-sàyt)
Turkish: sihirbaz (tr), büyücü (tr)
Ukrainian: чарівни́к m ‎(čarivnýk), маг (uk) m ‎(mah)
Vietnamese: phù thủy (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) magivan (vo), (♂) himagivan, (♀) jimagivan (vo)
West Frisian: tsjoender c

spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts

Catalan: mag (ca) m, màgic m, fetiller (ca) m
Egyptian: s3w
Finnish: mystikko (fi)
Kannada: ಮಾಂತ್ರಿಕ (kn) ‎(māṃtrika)
Latin: magus, mysticus

Norwegian: trollmann m
Portuguese: feiticeiro (pt) m
Russian: заклина́тель (ru) m ‎(zaklinátelʹ), чароде́й (ru) m ‎(čarodéj)
Scottish Gaelic: draoidh m
Spanish: mago (es) m
West Frisian: tsjoender c

performer of tricks

Armenian: աճպարար (hy) ‎(ačparar)
Catalan: mag (ca) m, màgic m
Danish: tryllekunstner c
Dutch: goochelaar (nl) m, illusionist m, magiër m
Estonian: mustkunstnik, illusionist (et)
Finnish: illusionisti
German: Magier (de) m, Magierin (de) f, Zauberkünstler m, Zauberkünstlerin f, Illusionskünstler m, Illusionskünstlerin f
Latin: magus
Malay: ahli silap mata

Norwegian:

Bokmål: tryllekunstner m

Nynorsk: tryllekunstnar m
Polish: magik (pl) m
Portuguese: mágico (pt) m, ilusionista (pt)
Romanian: magician (ro) m, magiciană (ro) f, iluzionist (ro) m
Russian: фо́кусник (ru) m ‎(fókusnik)
Spanish: mago (es) m
Swedish: magiker (sv) c, trollkonstnär c, trollkarl (sv) m, illusionist (sv) c

amazingly talented craftsman or scientist

Catalan: mag (ca) m
Dutch: tovenaar (nl) m
Finnish: velho (fi)

Portuguese: mago (pt) m, fenômeno (pt) m
Romanian: magician (ro) m
Spanish: fenómeno (es) m

person who astounds, is an enigma

Dutch: goochelaar (nl) m, tovenaar (nl) m, magiër m

Finnish: ilmiö (fi)

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Webster 1913 Edition

Magician

Ma-gi′cian

Webster 1828 Edition

Magician

MAGI'CIAN

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magician

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