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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Spellbind \Spell"bind'\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Spellbound}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spellbinding}.] To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to entrance or fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign. -- {Spell"bind'er}, noun [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
spellbinder
noun: an orator who can hold his listeners spellbound
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "spellbinder": Cicero, Circe, Demosthenes, Euryale, Gorgon, Medea, Medusa, Stheno, William Jennings Bryan, Winston Churchill, bewitcher, charmer, enchanter, enchantress, orator, platform orator, public speaker, rhetor, rhetorician, siren, soapbox orator, soapboxer, stump orator, vampire
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