A person who performs escamotage; a magician, conjurer, or someone skilled in sleight of hand and illusions.
From French 'escamoteur,' derived from 'escamoter' plus '-eur' (person who does). Refers to someone skilled in making things appear and disappear.
In 19th-century Paris, 'escamoteurs' were celebrity magicians—one of the most famous was Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, whose name inspired Harry Houdini's stage persona!
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