“prestigiator”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

prestigiator

释义

prestigiator|prɛˈstɪdʒɪeɪtə(r)|
Also 8 præ-.
[a. L. præstigiātor, agent-n. f. præstigiāre: see prestigiate. So F. prestigiateur (16th c. in Godef. Compl.).]
One who practises ‘prestigiation’; a juggler, a conjurer; † a cheat.
1614Raleigh Hist. World ii. vi. §7 (1634) 270 Prestigiators are such as dazell men's eyes, and make them seeme to see what they see not.1660H. More Myst. Godl. iv. iii. 105 This cunning Prestigiator took the advantage of so high a place to set off his Representations the more lively.1784J. White Bampton Lect. iii. 141 Augustus..had published very rigorous edicts against the whole race of Præstigiators.1861M. E. Braddon Lady Lisle (1885) 74 The coin which the prestigiator shows is not the first shilling at all.

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