tregetour

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/ˈtɹɛd͡ʒətə/

noun

A magician or juggler; a trickster.

OriginOld French tregetor ← Latin trans →
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Meanings

nountregetour (plural tregetours)

plural tregetours

  1. archaicA magician or juggler; a trickster.

    I say the sewer thought I was dressed to bear a part in the tregetour’s mummery, and so I got admission.

    1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

Origin

  1. Latintrans
  2. Old Frenchtregetor
  3. Englishtregetour

From Old French tregetor, from tregeter (“throw around”), ultimately from Latin trans + jactare (“throw”).

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tregetour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tregetour

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tregetour,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tregetour.

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