Spellbinder

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spellbind \Spell"bind`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spellbound}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Spellbinding}.]
     To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to
     entrance or fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a
     political campaign. -- {Spell"bind`er}, n.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spellbinder
       n : an orator who can hold his listeners spellbound

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "spellbinder":
     Cicero, Circe, Demosthenes, Euryale, Gorgon, Medea, Medusa, Stheno,
     William Jennings Bryan, Winston Churchill, bewitcher, charmer,
     enchanter, enchantress, orator, platform orator, public speaker,
     rhetor, rhetorician, siren, soapbox orator, soapboxer,
     stump orator, vampire