Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Philosophy An adherent of the doctrine of illusionism.
- n. An artist whose work is marked by illusionism.
- n. A magician or ventriloquist.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who is subject to illusion; one who trusts in illusions.
- n. One who produces illusions for deception or entertainment; specifically, a sleight-of-hand performer.
Wiktionary
- n. One who works with illusion or sleight of hand.
- n. One who deceives by magical or mystical means.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One given to illusion; a visionary dreamer.
- n. A magician or conjurer who produces illusions by sleight of hand; a prestidigitator.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
- n. a person with unusual powers of foresight
Examples
“According to recent reports, the illusionist is engaged to wed French model Alizee Guinochet after reportedly proposing marriage to the beauty on his 36th birthday on April 4.”
New York City Waitress Accuses David Blaine of Sexual Harassment
“I openly acknowledge that the illusionist is trying to fool me, the question is, how well did he do?”
“Do they still call them magicians, or is the correct term illusionist?”
“The "illusionist" will try to stay there for 60 hours.”
“This is particularly damaging since it is a movie about a magician or "illusionist" so that when fantastical or hard-to-explain feats occur on screen the audience can easily see it is due to the the film director's "magic" abilities and not the character's purported magic abilities.”
“Roman style was evolved both in painting and sculpture, the salient features of which he characterizes as impressionist or "illusionist".”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy
“The imitative or "illusionist" picture pleads its case most plausibly.”
“One of his close political allies tells me he's confident that the public might warm to "solid, reliable Gordon" as opposed to the "illusionist" and”
“Because I design my own space, I call myself an 'illusionist' painter rather than a 'realist'.”
“Looks like David Copperfield the "illusionist" best known for his needs to be hired to solve this mystery.”
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