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magician
UK /məˈd͡ʒɪʃn̩/ US /məˈd͡ʒɪʃn̩/
noun 5
Definitions
noun
1
A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
2
A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.
The truth is that [Isaac] Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians”.
3
A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.
4
An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.
5
A person who astounds; an enigma.
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