Charmer
[tʃɑːmə] or ['tʃɑrmɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness).
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Definition
(n.) One who charms, or has power to charm; one who uses the power of enchantment; a magician.
(n.) One who delights and attracts the affections.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Enchanter, magician, sorcerer.
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Examples
- Carriages and opera-boxes, thought he; fancy being seen in them by the side of such a mahogany charmer as that! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Long banished Robinson Crusoe,' says the charmer, exchanging salutations, 'how did you leave the Island? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Cruel charmer,' and Mr. Jingle skipped playfully up to the spinster aunt, imprinted a chaste kiss upon her lips, and danced out of the room. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She patronized Lady Gaunt and her astonished and mortified sister-in-law--she ecrased all rival charmers. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He just looked How happy could I be with either Were t'other dear charmers away. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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