thaumaturge

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1677 GASSNER JOHANN JOSEPH GASSNER, who was regarded as a thaumaturge by his partisans, and as a charlatan by his opponents, was born at Bratz, a village of the Austrian Tyrol, August 20, 1727.

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  1. noun A performer of miracles or magic feats.

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  1. Greek thaumatourgos : thauma, thaumat-, wonder + ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French thaumaturge = Spanish taumaturgo, from Middle Latin thaumaturgus, from Greek θαυματονργός, wonder-working, from θαῦμα(τ-), a wonder, + *ἔργειν, work: see work.
 

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/ˈθɔmətərdʒ/
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