spellbinder (spelbinder)

One who spellbinds or fascinates; especially, an eloquent political orator. [U. political slang, [U.S.] used in the presidential campaign of 1888.] spell-bone (spel'bon), n. [ My dear mother stood gazing at him, spellbound by his eloquence. R. D. Black more , Lorna Doone, li. speller1t (spel'ér), n. [ spellere ; spell1 + -er1.].) A speaker or talker; a teller; a nar- rat or. Speke we of tho spell eres bolde, Sith we have of this lady tolde.