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cunning women

cunning women is the plural of cunning woman.

Meaning of cunning woman

Noun

cunning woman (plural cunning women)

  1. (historical) A witch or sorceress.
    • Joan Warden of Stapleford, Cambridgeshire, when charged in 1592 with being a cunning woman, declared that 'she doth not use any charms, but that she doth use ointments and herbs to cure many diseases'.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, page 185

Questions about cunning women

What is cunning women the plural of?
Cunning women is the plural of cunning woman.

Words near cunning women in the dictionary

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  2. cunning man
  3. cunning men
  4. cunning stunt
  5. cunning woman
  6. cunning women
  7. Cunningar
  8. cunninger
  9. cunningest
  10. cunningham
  11. Cunningham acre

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