cunning folk

English

cunning folk pl (plural only)

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

professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic

Belarusian: вядзьмак m (vjadzʹmak), вядзьмар m (vjadzʹmar)
Bulgarian: вещер (bg) m (vešter)
Czech: vědmák
Danish: kloge folk n pl, klog mand c (male), klog kone c (female)
Dutch: toverdokters m pl, duivelbanners m pl
French: devins-guérisseurs m pl, leveurs de sorts m pl
German: Hexenmeister (de) m, Kräuterhexen (de) f pl
Hungarian: javasasszony (hu) f
Old English: wicca m, wicce f, dry m
Portuguese: curandeiros m pl, curandeiras f pl, benzedeiros m pl, benzedeiras f pl, mulheres de virtude f pl
Russian: ведьмак (ru) m (vedʹmak)
Serbo-Croatian: véštac (sh) m
Swedish: de kloka pl klok gubbe c (male), klok gumma c (female)
Welsh: dyn hysbys m, dynes hysbys f

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