Careful Words

charmer (n.)

But Hope, the charmer, linger'd still behind.

Thomas Campbell (1777-1844): Pleasures of Hope. Part i. Line 40.

Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it,

If folly grow romantic, I must paint it.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Moral Essays. Epistle ii. Line 15.

How happy could I be with either,

Were t' other dear charmer away!

John Gay (1688-1732): The Beggar's Opera. Act ii. Sc. 2.