"enchanter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈtʃɑːntə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ənˈtʃɑːntə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛnˈtʃɑːntə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɚ/ [General-American], /ɛnˈt͡ʃæntɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-enchanter.wav [Southern-England] Forms: enchanters [plural], enchantress [feminine]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|enchantour}} Middle English enchantour, {{der|en|fro|enchanteor}} Old French enchanteor, {{cog|fr|enchanteur}} French enchanteur, {{der|en|la|incantātor||enchanter; spellcaster; conjurer}} Latin incantātor (“enchanter; spellcaster; conjurer”), {{m|la|incantāre||to sing, to consecrate with spells}} incantāre (“to sing, to consecrate with spells”), {{doublet|en|incantator}} Doublet of incantator, {{suffix|en|enchant|er|id2=agent noun}} enchant + -er Head templates: {{head|en|noun|plural|enchanters|feminine|enchantress}} enchanter (plural enchanters, feminine enchantress)
  1. One who enchants or delights.
    Sense id: en-enchanter-en-noun-0I5el3~H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 47 53
  2. A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer who specializes in enchantments. Categories (topical): Fantasy, Fictional abilities, Occult, People, Stock characters Translations (A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer): βάσκανος (báskanos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), чародей (čarodej) [masculine] (Bulgarian), магьосник (magjosnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 魔法師 (Chinese Mandarin), 魔法师 (mófǎshī) (Chinese Mandarin), enchanteur [masculine] (French), enchanteuse [feminine] (French), encantador [masculine] (Galician), encantadora [feminine] (Galician), Zauberer [masculine] (German), Zaubererin [feminine] (German), ahli sihir (Indonesian), tukang sihir (Indonesian), 魔法使い (mahōtsukai) (alt: まほうつかい) (Japanese), 魔法師 (mahōshi) (alt: まほうし) (Japanese), incantator [masculine] (Latin), ма́ѓепсник (máǵepsnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), во́лшебник (vólšebnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), enchauntour (Middle English), czarodziej [masculine] (Polish), czarownik [masculine] (Polish), răpuitor [masculine] (Romanian), чароде́й (čarodéj) [masculine] (Russian), чароде́йка (čarodéjka) [feminine] (Russian), волше́бник (volšébnik) [masculine] (Russian), волше́бница (volšébnica) [feminine] (Russian), колду́н (koldún) [masculine] (Russian), колду́нья (koldúnʹja) [feminine] (Russian), čaròbnjāk [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), besvärjare [common-gender] (Swedish), trollkarl [common-gender] (Swedish), swynwr [masculine] (Welsh), swynydd [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-enchanter-en-noun-KvuWq5zn Disambiguation of Fantasy: 23 77 Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 21 79 Disambiguation of Occult: 29 71 Disambiguation of People: 32 68 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 40 60 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 47 53 Disambiguation of 'A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: enchantor, inchantor, enchantour, enchauntour, inchanter [obsolete], enchauntor [obsolete, rare] Derived forms: enchanter's nightshade

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          "ref": "1991 February 11, “Critics' Voices”, in Time",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1810, J[ohn] Stagg, “Arthur’s Cave. A Legendary Tale.”, in The Minstrel of the North: Or, Cumbrian Legends. […], London: Printed by Hamblin and Seyfang, […], for the author, and sold by J. Blacklock, […], →OCLC, page 105",
          "text": "[I]n the reign of Henry the Second, a body happening, by chance, to be dug up near Glastonbury Abbey, without any symptoms of putrefaction or decay, the Welch, the descendants of the Ancient Britons, tenacious of the dignity and reputation of that illustrious hero [King Arthur], vainly supposed it could be no other than the body of their justly-boasted Pen-Dragon; and that he had been immured in that sepulchre by the spells of some powerful and implacable inchanter.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the West Wind, lines 2–3",
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        },
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          "ref": "1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 1",
          "text": "[…] Goldstein […] seemed like some sinister enchanter, capable by the mere power of his voice of wrecking the structure of civilization.",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ənˈtʃɑːntə/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ɛnˈtʃɑːntə/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ɪnˈt͡ʃæntɚ/",
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      "ipa": "/ɛnˈt͡ʃæntɚ/",
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      "word": "enchantor"
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      "word": "inchantor"
    },
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      "word": "enchantour"
    },
    {
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čarodej",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "чародей"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "magjosnik",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "магьосник"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "word": "魔法師"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mófǎshī",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "word": "魔法师"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enchanteur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "enchanteuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "encantador"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "encantadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zauberer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zaubererin"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "báskanos",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "βάσκανος"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "word": "ahli sihir"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "word": "tukang sihir"
    },
    {
      "alt": "まほうつかい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mahōtsukai",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "word": "魔法使い"
    },
    {
      "alt": "まほうし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mahōshi",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "word": "魔法師"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "incantator"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "máǵepsnik",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́ѓепсник"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vólšebnik",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "во́лшебник"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "word": "enchauntour"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "czarodziej"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "czarownik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "răpuitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čarodéj",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "чароде́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čarodéjka",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чароде́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "volšébnik",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "волше́бник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "volšébnica",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "волше́бница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "koldún",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "колду́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "koldúnʹja",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "колду́нья"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "čaròbnjāk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "besvärjare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "trollkarl"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "swynwr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "A spellcaster, conjurer, wizard, sorcerer or soothsayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "swynydd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "enchanter"
}

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