Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who practised legerdemain or sleight of hand; a prestigiator; a magician; a juggler who produced optical illusions by mechanical contrivances; hence, an impostor; a cheat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A juggler who produces illusions by the use of elaborate machinery.
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- noun A
magician orjuggler ; atrickster .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Anyway, I hope you win the Gold Coin, you old literary tregetour, you!
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The captives answered not his address, but nestled close to each other, interchanging, at intervals, words of comfort, and recoiling as far as possible from the ex-tregetour, who, having taken with him a more congenial companion in the shape of a great leathern bottle, finally sunk into the silent and complacent doze which usually rewards the libations to the Bromian god.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 12 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"And why, belle-mere mine, wouldst thou protect this pleasant tregetour?"
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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In his youth he had been an itinerant mountebank, or, as it was called, tregetour.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 06 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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The captives answered not his address, but nestled close to each other, interchanging, at intervals, words of comfort, and recoiling as far as possible from the ex-tregetour, who, having taken with him a more congenial companion in the shape of a great leathern bottle, finally sunk into the silent and complacent doze which usually rewards the libations to the Bromian god.
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"And why, belle-mere mine, wouldst thou protect this pleasant tregetour?"
The Last of the Barons — Volume 03 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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In his youth he had been an itinerant mountebank, or, as it was called, tregetour.
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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The ex-tregetour was standing before the captured Eureka, and gazing on it with an air of serio-comic despair and rage.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 10 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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The ex-tregetour was standing before the captured Eureka, and gazing on it with an air of serio-comic despair and rage.
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"Marry," quoth the friar, "an 'I had not seen thee on thy mother's knee when she followed my stage of tregetour, I should have guessed thee for thirty; but thou hast led too jolly a life to look still in the blossom.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 10 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
whichbe commented on the word tregetour
A juggler, trickster or deceiver. Originally used to describe a type of jester or juggler, tregetour, though now archaic, eventually came to mean someone who uses cunning tricks to deceive others (sometimes but not limited to stage performances). A useful poetic word for a magician, but also a more pleasant-sounding name for a huckster or con man. (From The Phrontistery)
June 11, 2008
CleanMan commented on the word tregetour
In the first defininition of this word "prestigiator" should be "prestidigitator". (From Italian "presti" meaning "nimble" and Latin "digitus" meaning "finger".
July 31, 2012