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English
Etymology
From Old French tregetor, from tregeter ‘throw around’, ultimately from Latin trans- + jactare ‘throw’.

Pronunciation
IPA|/ˈtrɛʤətə/

Noun
en-noun

1. 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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