PRESTIDIGITATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prestidigitator mean? 

• PRESTIDIGITATOR (noun)
  The noun PRESTIDIGITATOR has 1 sense:

1. someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

  Familiarity information: PRESTIDIGITATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRESTIDIGITATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

conjurer; conjuror; illusionist; magician; prestidigitator

Hypernyms ("prestidigitator" is a kind of...):

performer; performing artist (an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prestidigitator"):

escape expert; escapologist (an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping)

mind reader; telepathist; thought-reader (a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice))