illusionist

DEFINITIONS OF: illusionist

Examples:: Harry Houdini
United States magician (born in Hungary) famous for his ability to escape from chains or handcuffs or straitjackets or padlocked containers (1874-1926)

Types:: escape expert, escapologist
an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping; mind reader, telepathist, thought-reader
a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice)

Type of:: performer, performing artist
an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience

Examples:: Cassandra
(Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed; Michel de Notredame
French astrologer who wrote cryptic predictions whose interpretations are still being debated (1503-1566)

Types:: show 15 types...; hide 15 types...; anticipant, anticipator
one who anticipates; diviner
someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers; fantast, futurist
someone who predicts the future; forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer
someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge); astrologer, astrologist
someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon; fortune teller, fortuneteller
a person who foretells your personal future; geomancer
one who practices geomancy; hydromancer
one who practices hydromancy; lithomancer
one who practices lithomancy; necromancer
one who practices divination by conjuring up the dead; oneiromancer
someone who divines through the interpretation of dreams; onomancer
one who practices onomancy; oracle, prophesier, prophet, seer, vaticinator
an authoritative person who divines the future; pyromancer
one who practices pyromancy; dowser, rhabdomancer, water witch
someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water

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