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spellbinder orig. U.S.|ˈspɛlbaɪndə(r)|
[f. as prec.]
A political speaker capable of holding an audience spell-bound. Also gen.
1888New York Tribune 15 Nov. 6/1 The Republican Orators—‘Spellbinders’—who worked during the recent campaign. 1888Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 23 Dec. 2/2 The Republican campaign orators..intend forming themselves into a permanent organization to be called the Republican Spellbinders' National Association. 1896N.Y. Weekly Witness 30 Dec. 13/1 Highrollers, as the boss spellbinders are technically called. 1906Calgary (Alberta) Eye Opener 6 Oct. 1/3 He is a spell-binder all right. 1932[see flesh-creeper s.v. flesh n. 12 b]. 1939English II. 245 Coleridge..would seem to have been something of a spell-binder: we have many witnesses..to the potency of the fascination he exerted over those with whom he came in contact. 1969N.Y. Rev. Books 2 Jan. 15/2 ‘The books of all three are products of men who do not necessarily believe in their thoughts.’ The risk is obvious of course—the false prophet, the spellbinder. 1974P. de Vries Glory of Hummingbird (1975) ii. 11 A ministry replete enough with intimations..that he was less than a spellbinder.
Hence ˈspellbinding vbl. n. and ppl. a.; ˈspell-bindingly adv.
1896N.Y. Weekly Witness 30 Dec. 13/1 He prayed to be permitted to try his hand at spellbinding. 1977Gramophone Dec. 1121/3 A group of songs with orchestra..sounded so spellbindingly lovely. 1978K. J. Dover Greek Homosexuality iii. 164 Philosophy..was not the product of solitary meditation, to be communicated by a spell-binding orator. |