magicienne
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French magicienne.
Noun
editmagicienne (plural magiciennes)
- A female magician.
- 1869, James Payn, Found Dead, page 254:
- A magicienne, too! That's ever so much better than a male wizard.
- 1943 April 10, Bill Sachs, “Magic”, in Billboard, volume 55, number 15:
- The article, headed "Mistress of Mystery," portrays in colored cartoon fashion Miss O'Dell's entrance Into show business and pictures one of her most thrilling experiences in the role of a magicienne.
- 1992, Ticket to Read!: 1992 Ohio Summer Reading Program Manual, page 35:
- Jania Taylor is a magicienne with extraordinary skills and many tricks up her sleeve.
Synonyms
editFrench
editPronunciation
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Noun
editmagicienne f (plural magiciennes)
- female equivalent of magicien
Further reading
edit- “magicienne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.