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witchhunter

witchhunter is the alternative form of witch hunter.

Meaning of witch hunter

Noun

witch hunter (plural witch hunters)

  1. A person employed to find witches as part of a witch-hunt; a witchfinder.
    • That is why the witch-hunters believed that every true witch must carry the mark of His Satanic Majesty on her body.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 129
  2. (figuratively) One who undertakes a witch-hunt (a public or political campaign or investigation which smears a person or group).
    • Now, however, Ford wrote, “Those days are over; there are no more witch-hunters” because Trump has gotten rid of them all.2025 July 22, Jennifer Bowers Bahney, “'Struggling' Trump spirals as 'usual playbook' fails to get him out of jam: report”, in Raw Story

Forms of witchhunter

pluralwitchhunters

Questions about witchhunter

What is witchhunter the alternative form of?
Witchhunter is the alternative form of witch hunter.

Words near witchhunter in the dictionary

  1. witchfire
  2. witchgrass
  3. witchgrasses
  4. witchhood
  5. witchhunt
  6. witchhunter
  7. witchhunters
  8. witchhunts
  9. witchie
  10. witchier
  11. witchies

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