Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun That which communicates magnetism.
  • noun One who magnetizes or mesmerizes. Also spelled magnetiser.
  • noun Specifically, one who assumes to cure disease by means of so-called magnetic passes, magnetized water, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who, or that which, imparts magnetism.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who, or that which, imparts magnetism.

Etymologies

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magnetize +‎ -er

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Examples

  • But if disappointed on this occasion, Balzac was more successful at another time, when with M.dame de Girardin he visited the "magnetizer," M. Dupotet, rue du Bac.

    Women in the Life of Balzac Juanita Helm Floyd

  • _ -- This is, that the subject is in some manner enabled to see the thoughts of his "magnetizer" or hypnotist.

    The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal Hereward Carrington 1919

  • Mr. Le Mer, the magnetizer who convinced Mr. Gallerne that his neighbor was a witch, lives in an old stone house a few miles from Saint-Connec.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Christopher 2007

  • Actions promised during sleep by a magnetized patient to the magnetizer have been scrupulously performed on waking.

    The Commission in Lunacy 2007

  • The mayor of Saint-Connec tried to persuade the farmer to become a plaintiff in the case against the magnetizer, but he refused.

    Witchcraft in Saint-Connec Christopher 2007

  • Actions promised during sleep by a magnetized patient to the magnetizer have been scrupulously performed on waking.

    The Commission in Lunacy 2007

  • Mr. Le Mer, the magnetizer who convinced Mr. Gallerne that his neighbor was a witch, lives in an old stone house a few miles from Saint-Connec.

    Witchcraft in Saint-Connec Christopher 2007

  • Well, this worthy old Bouvard it was who proposed to prove to me that nerve-force put in motion by the magnetizer was, not indeed infinite, for man is under immutable laws, but a power acting like other powers of nature whose elemental essence escapes our observation.

    Scenes from a Courtesan's Life 2007

  • The mayor of Saint-Connec tried to persuade the farmer to become a plaintiff in the case against the magnetizer, but he refused.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Christopher 2007

  • “What would you say if you knew of a life-long incurable disease healed in a moment; if you saw that great magnetizer bring sweat in torrents from an herpetic patient, or make a paralyzed woman walk?”

    Ursula 2006

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