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# charmer

«charmer» in Mova's school dictionary: **very pleasant and attractive and makes people like them…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a charmer, charmers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who is very pleasant and attractive and makes people like them easily, sometimes to get what they want. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charmer/#m1)

2) A person who charms animals, especially a snake charmer, who seems to make a snake «dance» to music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charmer/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories a charmer is a likeable character — sometimes kind, sometimes a smooth talker who tricks others. People say a baby or a puppy is «a real charmer». In geography or stories about India and North Africa you may read about snake charmers. It tells the reader someone wins people over easily. Phrases: «a real charmer», «snake charmer».

### examples

- My little brother is a real charmer; everyone gives him sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charmer/#x1)
- The new puppy was a charmer and won the whole family over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charmer/#x2)
- The fox in the fable was a smooth charmer who fooled the crow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charmer/#x3)
- The snake charmer played a flute in front of a basket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charmer/#x4)
- Be careful: a charmer online may be lying about who they are. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charmer/#x5)
- Grandpa was a charmer who could make anyone laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charmer/#x6)

### note

Countable: a charmer, charmers. It can be praise or a warning, so read the tone. Myth: snakes cannot hear tunes the way we do; they follow the movement of the charmer's flute. Snake charming is now banned in some countries because it can hurt the snakes.

### In the corpora

- [or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.509/)
- [The captain of fifty, and the man of rank, and the counsellor, and the cunning charmer, and the skilful enchanter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.57/)
- [Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.951/)
- [If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then the charmer hath no advantage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.198/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «charmer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charmer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.