prestigiator

English

Etymology

From Latin praestigiator.

Noun

prestigiator (plural prestigiators)

1. (obsolete) A conjurer; a prestidigitator.
   • 1660, H[enry] More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; […], London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for W[illiam] Morden […], →OCLC:

     this cunning Prestigiator took the advantage of so high a place to set off his Representations the more lively, and to make them the more probable to be true .

References

• “prestigiator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.