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black witch

black witch noun: a witch who practices black magic.

Noun

black witch (plural black witches)

  1. A witch who practices black magic.
    • There were supposed to be three kinds of witches, the black variety that always worked evil, the white, always good and rendered human beings great services and the gray ones, good or bad as they saw fit. The black witches are the most interesting since they are figuratively more colorful, with a...1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 261
    • Prosecutions of black witches suspected of doing harm to other people were numerous enough.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 238
    Antonyms:
    white witch

Antonyms of black witch

Forms of black witch

pluralblack witches

Questions about black witch

What does black witch mean?
Black witch means a witch who practices black magic.
What part of speech is black witch?
Black witch is a noun.
What is the plural of black witch?
The plural of black witch is black witches.

Words near black witch in the dictionary

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  6. black witch
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  8. black woman
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