magician

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.

   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 The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts.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”.

2. 2
   noun

   someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

3. 3
   noun

   one who practices magic or sorcery

4. 4
   noun

   A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.

5. 5
   noun

   A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.

6. 6
   noun

   An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.

7. 7
   noun

   A person who astounds; an enigma.

Etymology

From Middle English magicien, from Middle French magicien.