Meaning

1 senses
  1. (historical, plural, plural only)Professional or semi-professional practitioners of magic (often charlatans) who were active from at least the 15th up until the early 20th century.

    Hexenmeister, Kräuterhexen

    ведьмакvedʹmak

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic:

Forms

plural: cunning folks
Singularcunning folk
Pluralcunning folks

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
folk healerwhite witchconjurerspellarswise menwise womenwizards

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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