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witchfinder

witchfinder noun: a person employed to carry out witch-hunts and identify witches.

Noun

witchfinder (plural witchfinders)

  1. (historical) A person employed to carry out witch-hunts and identify witches.
    • From the 1970s direct and public accusations of witchcraft increased in Zambia, and with them the use of expert witch-finders, who were ubiquitous in rural areas by the 1980s.2017, Ronald Hutton, The Witch, Yale University Press, page 30

Forms of witchfinder

pluralwitchfinders
alternative formwitch-finder

Origin of witchfinder

From witch + finder.

Words formed from witchfinder

Questions about witchfinder

What does witchfinder mean?
Witchfinder means a person employed to carry out witch-hunts and identify witches.
What part of speech is witchfinder?
Witchfinder is a noun.
What is the plural of witchfinder?
The plural of witchfinder is witchfinders.

Words near witchfinder in the dictionary

  1. witchetty grub
  2. witchetty grubs
  3. witchety
  4. witchety grub
  5. witchety grubs
  6. witchfinder
  7. witchfinder general
  8. witchfinders
  9. witchfinders general
  10. witchfinding
  11. witchfindings

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