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magus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • charlatan noun A person who pretends to have skill or knowledge they don't actually have, usually to trick people out of money.
  • conjurer noun One who conjures, a magician.
  • mage noun A magician, wizard, or sorcerer, especially in fantasy fiction and games.
  • magic noun The use of rituals, spells, or supernatural forces believed to influence events or beings beyond normal explanation.
  • magical adj Relating to or produced by magic.
  • magician noun A performer of illusions and tricks designed to look like magic.
  • magus noun A magician or sorcerer, sometimes used disapprovingly to mean a fraud or trickster.
  • sorcerer noun Someone who practises magic; a wizard.
  • trickster noun A mythological or folklore figure who uses cunning and mischief to outwit authority or other characters.
  • warlock noun A man who practises magic; often treated as the male counterpart of a witch.
  • wizard noun In folklore and fantasy fiction, a man who practises magic; a sorcerer.

Senses

magus is used for these senses in English:

  • charlatan A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.
  • conjurer One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.
  • mage (chiefly, fantasy) A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.
  • magical Of, relating to, or by means of magic.
  • magical Enchanting.
  • magician A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
  • magician (sometimes, derogatory) A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.
  • magus A magician; (derogatory) a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster.

conjurer — full definition

  1. noun One who conjures, a magician.
  2. noun One who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand.
  3. noun One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.
  4. noun One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity.

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