Usually means: Object believed to hold magical power.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. talisman: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. talisman: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. talisman: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. talisman: Collins English Dictionary
  5. talisman: Vocabulary.com
  6. Talisman, talisman: Wordnik
  7. talisman: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. talisman: Wiktionary
  9. talisman: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. talisman: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. talisman: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. talisman: Dictionary.com
  13. talisman: Online Etymology Dictionary
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  15. Talisman: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. talisman: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. talisman: Rhymezone
  18. Talisman: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. talisman: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. talisman: FreeDictionary.org
  21. talisman: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. talisman: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. talisman: Merriam-Webster
  24. Talisman: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. talisman: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Numa DERIVATIVES ACRONYMS (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. talisman: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Unusual Sexual Practices (No longer online)
  3. TALISMAN: Acronym Finder
  4. talisman: A Word A Day
  5. talisman: The Skeptic's Dictionary
  6. talisman: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Talisman: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See talismanic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A magical object providing protection against ill will, or the supernatural, or conferring the wearer with a boon such as good luck, good health, or power(s).
verb:  (transitive) To adorn with a talisman.
noun:  (India, obsolete) A mullah (Islamic religious scholar).

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