thaumaturge

/ˌθɔməˈtʌrdʒ/

Other forms: thaumaturges

A thaumaturge is a magician or mystic. If you impress your friend by pulling coins out of her ear or turning her homework into a bouquet of flowers, she may call you a thaumaturge.

The original definition of thaumaturge, dating from 1715, is "worker of wonders." Most early thaumaturges were practitioners of nonreligious magic, particularly magic that was based in science or mathematics. Occasionally, the word has also been used in a religious sense, to mean "saint" or "miracle worker." This word is rooted in the Greek thaûma, "wonder or astonishment."

Definitions of thaumaturge

1. noun

   one who practices magic or sorcery
   synonyms: magician, necromancer, sorcerer, thaumaturgist, wizard

   examples:

   Count Alessandro di Cagliostro

   Italian who was famous as a magician and alchemist (1743-1795)

   types:

   enchanter

   a sorcerer or magician

   exorciser, exorcist

   someone who practices exorcism

   magus

   a magician or sorcerer of ancient times

   sorceress

   a woman sorcerer

   witch doctor

   someone who is believed to heal through magical powers

   Circe

   (Greek mythology) a sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine

   conjure man, conjurer, conjuror

   a witch doctor who practices conjury

   type of:

   occultist

   a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts