English
Etymology
From Old French tregetor, from tregeter �throw around�, ultimately from Latin trans- + jactare �throw�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�tr�ʤ�t�/
Noun
en-noun
- A magician or juggler; a trickster.
#:*Late C14: men make diverse apparences, / Swiche as thise subtile tregetoures pleye. � Geoffrey Chaucer, �The Franklin's Tale�, Canterbury Tales
#:*1819: I say the sewer thought I was dressed to bear a part in the tregetour�s mummery, and so I got admission � Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
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