Synonyms for charmer


Grammar : Noun
Spell : chahrm
Phonetic Transcription : tʃɑrm

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Définition of charmer

Origin :
  • c.1300, "to recite or cast a magic spell," from Old French charmer (13c.) "to enchant, to fill (someone) with desire (for something); to protect, cure, treat; to maltreat, harm," from Late Latin carminare, from Latin carmen (see charm (n.)). In Old French used alike of magical and non-magical activity. In English, "to win over by treating pleasingly, delight" from mid-15c. Related: Charmed; charming. Charmed (short for I am charmed) as a conventional reply to a greeting or meeting is attested by 1825.
  • noun seducer
  • noun magician
Example sentences :
  • I will tell thee—I was in danger of losing my charmer for ever!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • This is Wednesday; the day that I was to have lost my charmer for ever to the hideous Solmes!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • My charmer has written to her sister for her clothes, for some gold, and for some of her books.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • I was happy with my charmer, who told me again and again that with me she lived in bliss.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • You shall not go away, you shall stay here and court your charmer.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • I will not attempt to describe the night I passed with my charmer.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • He sleeps with a smile on his face, but his secret is hid from the charmer.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 » by Various
  • If the charmer drew his breath the charm was broken, but three attempts were allowed.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Folk-Lore » by Elias Owen
  • "How happy could I be with either, were t'other dear charmer away," he sighed.
  • Extract from : « Molly Brown's Orchard Home » by Nell Speed
  • It frequently happens that the charmer is bitten and killed by his own snakes.
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin

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