conjurer

== English == === Alternative forms === conjuror conjurour (obsolete, rare) === Etymology === From Middle English conjurer, from Anglo-Norman conjurour (“conjurer, conspirator”). Equivalent to conjure +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʌnd͡ʒəɹə(ɹ)/ === Noun === conjurer (plural conjurers) One who conjures, a magician. July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[1] 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 turning his patients’ most terrifying anxieties against them. 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". One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner. (obsolete, often ironic) One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity. 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. ==== Translations ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ʒy.ʁe/ === Verb === conjurer to beseech, to beg to ward off to conspire, to plot, to conjure (magic) to conjure ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “conjurer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === conjuror, conjeroure, conjurare, conjowrere === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman conjurour, but reinterpreted as conjuren +‎ -ere (suffix forming agent nouns). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkunˈdʒiu̯rɛːr(ə)/, /ˌkunˈdʒiu̯rər(ə)/, /ˈkundʒəˌrɛːr(ə)/, /ˈkundʒərər(ə)/ === Noun === conjurer conjurer, magician exorcist ==== Descendants ==== English: conjurer, conjuror ==== References ==== “conjū̆rē̆re, -ǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Verb === conjurer to beseech, to beg ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.