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prestidigitator definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience [syn: magician, prestidigitator, conjurer, conjuror, illusionist]

Merriam Webster's

noun see prestidigitation

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. formal a conjuror. Derivatives: prestidigitation n. Etymology: F prestidigitateur f. preste nimble (as PRESTO) + L digitus finger

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Prestidigitator Pres`ti*dig"i*ta`tor, n. [L. praesto ready + digitus finger: cf. F. prestidigitateur.] One skilled in legerdemain or sleight of hand; a juggler.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Juggler, conjurer.

Moby Thesaurus

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