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Spell Bee Word: Magician


Basic Details

Word: Magician

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A person who performs magic tricks to entertain people; in stories, a person who has magic powers.

Synonyms: conjurer, illusionist, wizard, sorcerer

Word origin: Comes from Old French magicien, from Latin magica, from Greek magos, a member of a class of Persian priests.

How to Spell Magician

Syllables: ma - gi - cian

Tricky part: The ending is cian, said shun, as in musician. The g is soft, like j.

Watch out for: magicion, magition, majician

Memory tip: A magician does magic, so keep the word magic whole and just add ian: magic + ian.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The magician pulled a string of coloured scarves from his sleeve.

Example 2: We hired a magician for my little brother's birthday party.

Example 3: In the story, the old magician turns the king's horse into stone.

Fun Fact

P. C. Sorcar, born in Bengal in 1913, became one of India's best-known magicians, and his famous stage show was called Indrajal.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Only one of these words takes the suffix ian. Choose it.

Suffix: ian

a) puzzle
b) wonder
c) magic
d) trick

Show answer

c) magic. Magic + ian makes magician; trickian, puzzlian and wonderian do not exist.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:

The ncaigiam pulled a white pigeon out of an empty top hat.

a) mechanic
b) magnate
c) musician
d) magician

Show answer

d) magician. Two a's, two i's and a g point to magician; musician has a u and an s, and mechanic has an h.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

magiscian

a) c
b) i
c) s
d) g

Show answer

c) s. The sh sound in magician comes from ci alone; there is no s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A magician who makes a coin seem to vanish is performing ____.

a) a trick
b) a dance
c) a speech
d) a song

Show answer

a) a trick

2. Another word for a stage magician is ____.

a) jockey
b) sculptor
c) conjurer
d) cobbler

Show answer

c) conjurer

Associated Words

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