different between magician vs kahuna

English

Alternative forms

• magitian (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English magicien, from Middle French magicien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??d????n/
• Hyphenation: ma?gi?cian
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

magician (plural magicians, feminine magicianess)

1. A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
2. (sometimes derogatory) A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.
3. A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist.
4. An amazingly talented craftsman or scientist.
5. A person who astounds; an enigma.

Synonyms

• (practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic): sorcerer, thaumaturge, wizard, warlock, witch, enchanter, magic user
• (spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts): spiritualist, mystic, witch doctor
• (performer of tricks): wizard, trickster, stage magician
• (talented craftsman or scientist): whizz, whiz, wiz, wizard
• (person who astounds, is an enigma): phenomenon
• See also Thesaurus:magician

Derived terms

• magicianess

Related terms

• magic
• magical
• magically
• magicienne

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French magicien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.d??i.t??i?an/
• Hyphenation: ma?gi?ci?an

Noun

magician m (plural magicieni, feminine equivalent magician?)

1. magician

2. (figuratively) a whizz, magician

Declension

Synonyms

• mag, vr?jitor

Related terms

• magic
• magie

References

• magician in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian kahuna (“shaman, wizard”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??hu?n?/
• Rhymes: -u?n?

Noun

kahuna (plural kahunas or kahuna)

1. (Hawaii) A priest or priestess of the traditional Hawaiian religion.
   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 230:

     They were k?huna, practitioners of the old Hawaiian religion, apparently offering themselves as sacrifices to appease the gods so that the queen would be restored.

2. (surfing) A great surfer.

Derived terms

• big kahuna

Anagrams

• Hanuka

Hawaiian

Etymology

Compound of kahu (“guardian, master”) +? -na (nominalizing suffix; compare Maori -nga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?hu.na/, [k??hun?]

Noun

kahuna (irregular plural k?huna)

1. priest, sorcerer, magician, minister, wizard
2. expert in any profession (doctors, surgeons, dentists were referred to as such in the 1845 laws)

Derived terms

• ho?okahuna