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enchanter

  • /ɪnˈtʃɑːntə/ UK
  • /ənˈtʃɑːntə/ UK
  • /ɛnˈtʃɑːntə/ UK
  • /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɚ/ US
  • /ɛnˈt͡ʃæntɚ/ US

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From Middle English enchantour, from Old French enchanteor (Modern French enchanteur), from Latin incantātor (“enchanter; spellcaster; conjurer”), from incantāre (“to sing, to consecrate with spells”). Doublet of incantator. Equivalent to enchant + -er.

noun enchanters · enchantor · inchantor · enchantour · enchauntour · inchanter

  1. One who enchants or delights. Robert Morse brings back to life the author, wit, bon vivant, self-pitier and true enchanter that was Truman Capote in this Tony-winning one-man performance […]
  2. A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer who specializes in enchantments. 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book One, Indianapolis: Hackett, 2006, Canto VII, stanza 35, p. 113, No magicke arts hereof had any might, / Nor bloody wordes of bold Enchaunters call, / But all that was not such, as seemd in sight, / Before that shield did fade, and suddeine fall:

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noun A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer

日本語魔法使い mahōtsukai, 魔法師 mahōshi
中文魔法師 /魔法师 mófǎshī
Françaisenchanteur, enchanteuse
DeutschZauberer, Zaubererin
Românărăpuitor
Русскийчароде́й čarodéj, чароде́йка čarodéjka, волше́бник volšébnik, волше́бница volšébnica, колду́н koldún, колду́нья koldúnʹja

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@misc{enchanter_2026,
  title = {enchanter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/enchanter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}