prestidigitator

prestidigitator
Synonyms and related words:
artist, artiste, belly dancer, burlesque queen, chorine, chorus boy, chorus girl, conjurer, coryphee, dancer, dancing girl, ecdysiast, entertainer, escamoteur, exotic dancer, female impersonator, geisha, geisha girl, guisard, guiser, hoofer, illusionist, impersonator, juggler, magician, mountebank, mummer, musician, nautch girl, peeler, performer, public entertainer, show girl, singer, sleight-of-hand performer, stripper, stripteaser, stripteuse, tricker, trickster, vaudevillian, vaudevillist

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  • prestidigitator — PRESTIDIGITATÓR, prestidigitatori, s.m. 1. Specialist în prestidigitaţie (care dă reprezentaţii publice); scamator. 2. fig. Persoană care posedă o mare agilitate a mâinilor. – Din fr. prestidigitateur. Trimis de oprocopiuc, 12.04.2004. Sursa: DEX …   Dicționar Român

  • Prestidigitator — Pres ti*dig i*ta tor, n. [L. praesto ready + digitus finger: cf. F. prestidigitateur.] One skilled in legerdemain or sleight of hand; a juggler. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prestidigitator — [pres΄tə dij′ə tāt΄ər] n. 〚Fr prestidigitateur (based on L prestigiator, juggler, deceiver) < preste, quick < presto (see PRESTO1) + L digitus, finger (see DIGIT)〛 an expert at prestidigitation * * * …   Universalium

  • prestidigitator — (n.) 1843, from Fr. prestidigitateur, coined 1830 by Jules de Rovère (who sought a new word, qui s accorderait mieux à ses nobles origines to replace escamoteur and physicien), roughly based on L. præstigiator juggler (see PRESTIGIOUS (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • prestidigitator — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. mos I, Mc. prestidigitatororze; lm M. prestidigitatororzy {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} człowiek wykonujący magiczne sztuczki zręcznościowe; sztukmistrz, magik, iluzjonista <wł.> {{/stl 7}} …   Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień

  • prestidigitator — [pres΄tə dij′ə tāt΄ər] n. [Fr prestidigitateur (based on L prestigiator, juggler, deceiver) < preste, quick < presto (see PRESTO1) + L digitus, finger (see DIGIT)] an expert at prestidigitation …   English World dictionary

  • prestidigitator — prestidigitation ► NOUN formal ▪ sleight of hand performed as entertainment. DERIVATIVES prestidigitator noun. ORIGIN French, from preste nimble + Latin digitus finger …   English terms dictionary

  • prestidigitator — noun see prestidigitation …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • prestidigitator — noun One who performs feats of prestidigitation, a sleight of hand artist, a magician Syn: magician See Also: prestidigitation …   Wiktionary

  • prestidigitatór — s. m., pl. prestidigitatóri …   Romanian orthography

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