"charmer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɑɹmɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-charmer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: charmers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English charmer, charmere, equivalent to charm + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|charmer}} Middle English charmer, {{m|enm|charmere}} charmere, {{af|en|charm|-er|id2=agent noun}} charm + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} charmer (plural charmers)
  1. A charming person; one who charms or seduces; a smoothie. Categories (topical): People Translations (a charming person): магьосник (magjosnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), hurmuri (Finnish), Charmeur [masculine] (German), Charmeurin [feminine] (German), dēlēnītor [masculine] (Latin), czaruś [masculine] (Polish), șarmeur [masculine, rare] (Romanian), druidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), encantador [masculine] (Spanish), encantadora [feminine] (Spanish), charmör [common-gender] (Swedish), tjusare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-charmer-en-noun-Tws4X1wF Disambiguation of People: 43 38 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 3 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 2 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 49 5 46 Disambiguation of 'a charming person': 79 2 19
  2. An enchanter or magician. Categories (topical): People Translations (an enchanter or magician): zaklinacz [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-charmer-en-noun-h6CDMUHw Disambiguation of People: 43 38 20 Disambiguation of 'an enchanter or magician': 2 96 1
  3. (ironic) A rude or unpleasant person. Tags: ironic Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-charmer-en-noun-RRoRn1mB Disambiguation of People: 43 38 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 3 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 2 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 49 5 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: charm, charming, snake charmer

Inflected forms

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