magician

Etymology

From Middle English magicien, from Middle French magicien.

noun

1. A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
2. (sometimes derogatory) A spiritualist or practitioner of mystic arts.
   The truth is that [Isaac] Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians”. 2014-06-21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892
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.