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conjurour

conjurour is the obsolete spelling of conjurer.

Meaning of conjurer

Noun

conjurer (plural conjurers)

  1. One who conjures, a magician.
    • July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Riseshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/
      With his crude potato-sack mask and fear-inducing toxins, The Scarecrow, a “psychopharmacologist” at an insane asylum, acts as a conjurer of nightmares, capable of...
  2. One who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand.
    • 1893 The man is by trade a conjurer and performer, going round the canteens after nightfall, and giving a little entertainment at each. — Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Crooked Man".
  3. One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.
  4. (ironic, obsolete, often) One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity.
    • Some would be apt to say, he is a Conjurer; for he has found, That a Republick[…] is composed of Men only, and not of Horses1709 April 23 – 1710 January 13 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], The Tatler, number 17; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […]...
  5. A cooking appliance comprising a pot (large or small) with a gridiron wielded beneath it, like a brazier, used for cooking methods such as broiling.

Forms of conjurour

pluralconjurours

Origin of conjurour

From conjure + -or.

Questions about conjurour

What is conjurour the obsolete spelling of?
Conjurour is the obsolete spelling of conjurer.

Words near conjurour in the dictionary

  1. conjuring up
  2. conjurings
  3. Conjuringverse
  4. conjuror
  5. conjurors
  6. conjurour
  7. conjurours
  8. conjury
  9. conk
  10. conk off
  11. conk out

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