witchdoctor
witchdoctor is the alternative form of witch doctor.
Meaning of witch doctor
Noun
witch doctor (plural witch doctors)
- A person (often male) who is believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magical powers; a shaman.
- [T]he ſaid Dorothy Durent, having been with a Witch-Doctor, acknowledges upon Oath, that by his Advice, ſhe hang'd up her Child's Blanket in the Chimney, found a Toad in it at Night, had put it into the Fire, and held it there tho' it made a great and horrible Noiſe, and flaſht like Gunpowder, and...1718, Francis Hutchinson, “The Tryal before My Lord Chief Baron Hale”, in An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft. […], London: Printed for R. Knaplock, […], and D. Midwinter, […], →OCLC, page 110
- A dragonfly.
- Synonyms:
- snake doctor
Forms of witchdoctor
| plural | witchdoctors |
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Origin of witchdoctor
From witch + doctor.
Questions about witchdoctor
- What is witchdoctor the alternative form of?
- Witchdoctor is the alternative form of witch doctor.
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