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French
Etymology
From escamoter + -eur.
Pronunciation
Noun
escamoteur m (plural escamoteurs, feminine escamoteuse)
- conjurer; magician
- Synonyms: magicien, prestidigitateur
- Coordinate term: bateleur
1879, Émile Zola, chapter XI, in L’Assommoir:Des escamoteurs, des hercules arrivaient, qui étalaient sur la terre de l’avenue un tapis mangé d’usure. Alors, les badauds s’attroupaient, un cercle se formait, tandis que le saltimbanque, au milieu, jouait des muscles dans son maillot fané.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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