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spellbinder

[ spel-bahyn-der ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that spellbinds, especially a powerful speaker who can captivate an audience.


spellbinder

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noun

  1. a person capable of holding others spellbound, esp a political speaker
  2. a novel, play, etc, that holds one enthralled
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of spellbinder1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; spellbind + -er 1
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The audience laughed and laughed, not least because the Judge, an old-fashioned spellbinder, paused or gestured at well-chosen instants.

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He tried to start a fascist political party in the United States, attended the Nuremberg rally of 1938 and described Hitler as “a spellbinderâ€.

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They filled the air with stemwinders, spellbinders, conspiracy theorists and purveyors of quack remedies.

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The thing about the bloodthirsty Richard, who ascends to power through lies, dirty tricks and thuggery, is that on some level he’s a spellbinder.

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Johnson would later describe Hitler as “a spellbinderâ€; in 1964, well after he had been forced to abjure his Nazi past, he insisted in letters that Hitler was “better than Roosevelt.â€

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