Meanings
nounprestigiator (plural prestigiators)
plural prestigiators
- obsoleteA conjurer; a prestidigitator.
this cunning Prestigiator took the advantage of so high a place to set off his Representations the more lively, and to make them the more probable to be true .
1660, H[enry] More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; […], London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for W[illiam] Morden […], →OCLC
Origin
- Latinpraestīgiātor
- Englishprestigiator
From Latin praestīgiātor.
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prestigiator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prestigiator
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Chicago
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