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charmer
魔術師
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Charm·er
n.
1.
One
who
charms
,
or
has
power
to
charm
;
one
who
uses
the
power
of
enchantment
;
a
magician
.
2.
One
who
delights
and
attracts
the
affections
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
charmer
n
1:
someone
with
an
assured
and
ingratiating
manner
[
syn
:
smoothie
,
smoothy
,
sweet talker
]
2:
a
person
who
charms
others
(
usually
by
personal
attractiveness
) [
syn
:
beguiler
]
From:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Charmer
one
who
practises
serpent-charming
(
Ps
. 58:5;
Jer
. 8:17;
Eccl
.
10:11).
It
was
an
early
and
universal
opinion
that
the
most
venomous
reptiles
could
be
made
harmless
by
certain
charms
or
by
sweet
sounds
.
It
is
well
known
that
there
are
jugglers
in
India
and
in
other
Eastern
lands
who
practise
this
art
at
the
present
day
.
In
Isa
. 19:3
the
word
"
charmers
"
is
the
rendering
of
the
Hebrew
_'ittim_,
meaning
,
properly
,
necromancers
(R.V.
marg
.,
"
whisperers
").
In
Deut
. 18:11
the
word
"
charmer
"
means
a
dealer
in
spells
,
especially
one
who
,
by
binding
certain
knots
,
was
supposed
thereby
to
bind
a
curse
or
a
blessing
on
its
object
.
In
Isa
. 3:3
the
words
"
eloquent
orator
"
should
be
,
as
in
the
Revised
Version
, "
skilful
enchanter
."
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