noun
- a conjurer or magician who creates illusions, as by sleight of hand.
- an adherent of illusionism.
noun
- a person given to illusions; visionary; dreamer
- philosophy a person who believes in illusionism
- an artist who practises illusionism
- a conjuror; magician
“conjurer, magic act performer,” 1840, from illusion + -ist. Earlier “one suffering from illusions” (1812).