Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

witch hunter

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables
witch hunter
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person employed to find witches as part of a witch-hunt; a witchfinder.

noun

One who undertakes a witch-hunt (a public or political campaign or investigation which smears a person or group).

Example Sentences

Etymology

From witch hunt + -er.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

witch hunters (plural) witch-hunter (alternative) witchhunter (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

witchfinder

Questions

What does witch hunter mean?
A person employed to find witches as part of a witch-hunt; a witchfinder.
Where does witch hunter come from?
From witch hunt + -er.

How to pronounce witch hunter

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