Meaning

1 senses

  1. (historical)A person employed to carry out witch-hunts and identify witches.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. I'm the witchfinder general.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · protondonor · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

From witch + finder.

From witch + finder.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: witchfinders

Word family

1 related words
Derivedwitchfinder general

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
witchwitchcraftwitcherwithA1withdrawB2
witchfinder — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto