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illusionist definition

il·lu·sion·ist (-ist)

noun

  1. a person subject to illusions, or false impressions; visionary
  2. an entertainer, as a magician or conjurer who performs sleight-of-hand tricks or other kinds of illusion
  3. an artist who employs illusionism

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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