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From Middle English magicien, from Middle French magicien.

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  • IPA(key): /məˈd͡ʒɪʃən/
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  • Hyphenation: ma‧gi‧cian
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃən

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magician (plural magicians, feminine magicianess)

  1. A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
  2. (sometimes derogatory) A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.
    • 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 The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts.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”.
  3. A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.
  4. An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.
  5. A person who astounds; an enigma.

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French magicien. By surface analysis, magic +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ma.d͡ʒi.t͡ʃiˈan/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧gi‧ci‧an

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magician m (plural magicieni, feminine equivalent magiciană)

  1. magician
    Magicianul a avut un iepure și o pălărie.
    The magician had a rabbit and a hat.
  2. (figurative) a whizz, magician

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