wonder-worker

[ wuhn-der-wur-ker ]

/ ˈwʌn dərˌwɜr kər /

a worker or performer of wonders or marvels.

Origin of wonder-worker

First recorded in 1590–1600

won·der-work·ing, adjective

I have got to know what old Hoff meant by the 'wonder-worker!'

The Apartment Next Door |William Andrew Johnston
I thanked the wonder-worker and seated myself by one of his students.

Autobiography of a YOGI |Paramhansa Yogananda
This wonder-worker had piercing eyes, that seemed to examine the back of your head, long matted hair and a beard to match.

Morocco |S.L. Bensusan
Such was the humility of the "wonder-worker" of our own age.

The Life of Blessed John B. Marie Vianney, Cur of Ars |Anonymous

This apparition and wonder-worker of the eighteenth century, Franz Joseph Haydn, is compact of paradoxes and contradictions.

Haydn |John F. Runciman