Druid vs Conjurer - What's the difference?
druid | conjurer |
One of an order of priests among certain groups of Celts before the adoption of Abrahamic religions.
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One who conjures, a magician.
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* 1594' ''His incivility confirms no less. Good Doctor Pinch, you are a '''conjurer ; Establish him in his true sense again, And I will please you what you will demand.'' — Shakespeare, ''A Comedy of Errors , Act 4, Scene 4.
One who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand.
* 1893' ''The man is by trade a '''conjurer and performer, going round the canteens after nightfall, and giving a little entertainment at each. — Arthur Conan Doyle,
One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.
(obsolete) One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity.
As nouns the difference between druid and conjurer
is that druid is while conjurer is one who conjures, a magician.druid
English
(wikipedia druid)Noun
(en noun)- Druidic faiths to the loose coupling one found in the Roman rites. The ascendance to dominance, at least in terms of number of adherents, of the three monotheistic Abrahamic faiths marked a decline
Usage notes
* Often capitalized: Druid.Derived terms
* druidic * druidismconjurer
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Alternative forms
* conjuror * conjurour (qualifier)Noun
(en noun)- With his crude potato-sack mask and fear-inducing toxins, The Scarecrow, a “psychopharmacologist” at an insane asylum, acts as a conjurer of nightmares, capable of turning his patients’ most terrifying anxieties against them.
"The Adventure of the Crooked Man".
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