witchfinder

English

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Etymology

From witch +‎ finder.

Noun

witchfinder (plural witchfinders)

  1. (chiefly historical) A person employed to carry out witch-hunts and identify witches.
    • 2017, Ronald Hutton, The Witch, Yale University Press, page 30:
      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.

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