noun
Meaning 1
One who enchants or delights.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
enchanter
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtʃɑːntə/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ənˈtʃɑːntə/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɛnˈtʃɑːntə/
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General-American: /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɚ/
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General-American: /ɛnˈt͡ʃæntɚ/
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noun
Meaning 2
A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer who specializes in enchantments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book One, Indianapolis: Hackett, 2006, Canto VII, stanza 35, p. 113, No magicke arts hereof had any might, / Nor bloody wordes of bold Enchaunters call, / But all that was not such, as seemd in sight, / Before that shield did fade, and suddeine fall:
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noun
Meaning 3
a sorcerer or magician
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sorcerer, magician, wizard, necromancer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist
History
Etymology
From Middle English enchantour, from Old French enchanteor (Modern French enchanteur), from Latin incantātor (“enchanter; spellcaster; conjurer”), from incantāre (“to sing, to consecrate with spells”). Doublet of incantator. Equivalent to enchant + -er.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: чародей (čarodej) — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Bulgarian: магьосник (magjosnik) — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Chinese Mandarin: 魔法師 /魔法师 (mófǎshī) — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- French: enchanteur — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- French: enchanteuse — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Galician: encantador — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Galician: encantadora — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- German: Zauberer — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- German: Zaubererin — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Ancient Greek: βάσκανος (báskanos) — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Indonesian: ahli sihir — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Indonesian: tukang sihir — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Japanese: 魔法使い (mahōtsukai) — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Japanese: 魔法師 (mahōshi) — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Latin: incantator — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Macedonian: ма́ѓепсник (máǵepsnik) — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Macedonian: во́лшебник (vólšebnik) — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Middle English: enchauntour — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Polish: czarodziej — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Polish: czarownik — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Romanian: răpuitor — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Russian: чароде́й (čarodéj) — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Russian: чароде́йка (čarodéjka) — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Russian: волше́бник (volšébnik) — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Russian: волше́бница (volšébnica) — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Russian: колду́н (koldún) — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Russian: колду́нья (koldúnʹja) — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Serbo-Croatian: čaròbnjāk — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Swedish: besvärjare — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Swedish: trollkarl — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Welsh: swynwr — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
- Welsh: swynydd — A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer
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