tregetour

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English

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Etymology

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From Old French tregetor, from tregeter (throw around), ultimately from Latin trans + jactare (throw).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tregetour (plural tregetours)

  1. (archaic) A magician or juggler; a trickster.
    • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
      I say the sewer thought I was dressed to bear a part in the tregetour’s mummery, and so I got admission.