[a. L. fascinātor, agent-n. f. fascināre to FASCINATE. Cf. F. fascinateur.] One who fascinates. a. A magician. b. A charming or attractive person.
a. 1750. trans. Leonardus’ Mirr. Stones, 51–2. Nor does this happen merely from the Sight, as before hinted, but from another Cause, namely, from the Soul of the Fascinator.
1862. Lytton, Str. Story, II. 147. The dread Fascinator from whom it had been taken.
b. 1838. Dickens, Nich. Nick., xvii. The demdest little fascinator in all the world.
1885. Mabel Collins, The Prettiest Woman in Warsaw, i. Prince Sacha had brought with him, from his château far away in Roumania, his nephew, who was considered an irresistible fascinator.
