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witchfinders

witchfinders is the plural of witchfinder.

Meaning of witchfinder

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

Phrases with witchfinders

Questions about witchfinders

What is witchfinders the plural of?
Witchfinders is the plural of witchfinder.

Words near witchfinders in the dictionary

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

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