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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENCHANTER

n.One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; one who has spirits or demons at his command; one who practices enchantment, or pretends to perform surprising things by the agency of demons. 1. One who charms or delights.
Enchanter's nightshade, a genus of plants, the Circaea.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENCHANTER

En *chant "er, n. Etym: [Cf. F. enchanteur. ]

 

Defn: One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one who delights as by an enchantment. Like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing. Shelley. Enchanter's nightshade (Bot. ), a genus (Circæa ) of low inconspicuous, perennial plants, found in damp, shady places.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

enchanter

en chant er |enˈCHantər ɪnˈtʃæn (t )ər | noun a person who uses magic or sorcery, esp. to put someone or something under a spell.

 

enchanter's nightshade

en chant er's night shade noun a woodland plant with small white flowers and fruit with hooked bristles, native to Eurasia and North America. [Genus Circaea, family Onagraceae: several species, including C. quadrisulcata and the smaller C. alpina. ] ORIGIN late 16th cent.: believed by early botanists to be the herb used by Circe to charm Odysseus' companions.

 

Oxford Dictionary

enchanter

en |chant ¦er |ɪnˈtʃɑːntə, ɛn- | noun a person who uses magic or sorcery, especially to put someone or something under a spell.

 

enchanter's nightshade

en |chant ¦er's night |shade noun a woodland plant with small white flowers and fruit with hooked bristles, native to Eurasia and the eastern US. Circaea lutetiana, family Onagraceae. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: believed by early botanists to be the herb used by Circe to charm Odysseus' companions.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

enchanter

enchanter noun an evil enchanter named Norg: wizard, witch, sorcerer, warlock, magician, necromancer, magus; witch doctor, medicine man, shaman; archaic mage; rare thaumaturge.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

enchanter

enchanter noun they have been trapped by an evil enchanter: wizard, witch, sorcerer, warlock, magician, necromancer, spellbinder, magus, conjuror; hypnotist, mesmerist; witch doctor, medicine man, shaman, voodooist, occultist; Irish pishogue; N. Amer. & W. Indian conjure man /woman; rare thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, theurgist, spell-caster, mage, magian. See also enchantress.

 

French Dictionary

enchanter

enchanter v. tr. verbe transitif 1 Ensorceler, soumettre à un pouvoir magique. SYNONYME charmer ; envoûter . 2 figuré Ravir, émerveiller. : Cette visite nous a enchantés. SYNONYME charmer ; séduire . aimer

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

enchanter

en ch nt er 名詞 C 1 魔法使い .2 魅力のある人 .