Definition of "magician" []

• A sorcerer; a wizard. (noun)
• One who performs magic for entertainment or diversion. (noun)
• One whose formidable skill or art seems to be magical: a magician with words. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "He admitted that the term magician was not as clearly delineated as witch and poisoner28."
• "The word magician appears some twelve times in the Bible."
• "Actually, Mike, the magician is the one who can fix it when the magic smoke escapes!"