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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Charmer \Charm"er\, n. 1. One who charms, or has power to charm; one who uses the power of enchantment; a magician. --Deut. xviii. 11. 2. One who delights and attracts the affections. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: charmer n 1: someone with an assured and ingratiating manner [syn: {smoothie}, {smoothy}, {sweet talker}] 2: a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness) From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Charmer one who practises serpent-charming (Ps. 58:5; Jer. 8:17; Eccl. 10:11). It was an early and universal opinion that the most venomous reptiles could be made harmless by certain charms or by sweet sounds. It is well known that there are jugglers in India and in other Eastern lands who practise this art at the present day In Isa. 19:3 the word charmers" is the rendering of the Hebrew _'ittim_, meaning, properly, necromancers (R.V. marg., "whisperers"). In Deut. 18:11 the word charmer" means a dealer in spells, especially one who by binding certain knots, was supposed thereby to bind a curse or a blessing on its object. In Isa. 3:3 the words "eloquent orator" should be as in the Revised Version, "skilful enchanter."
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