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Professional or semi-professional practitioners of magic (often charlatans) who were active from at least the 15th up until the early 20th century.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, plural, plural-only
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
вядзьмак
(vjadzʹmak)
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Belarusian:
вядзьмар
(vjadzʹmar)
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Bulgarian:
вещер
(vešter)
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Czech:
vědmák
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Danish:
kloge folk
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Danish:
klog mand
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Danish:
klog kone
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Dutch:
toverdokters
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Dutch:
duivelbanners
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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French:
devins-guérisseurs
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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French:
leveurs de sorts
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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German:
Hexenmeister
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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German:
Kräuterhexen
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Hungarian:
javasasszony
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Old English:
wicca
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Old English:
wicce
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Old English:
dry
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Portuguese:
curandeiros
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Portuguese:
curandeiras
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Portuguese:
benzedeiros
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Portuguese:
benzedeiras
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Portuguese:
mulheres de virtude
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Russian:
ведьмак
(vedʹmak)
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Serbo-Croatian:
véštac
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Swedish:
de kloka pl klok gubbe
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Swedish:
klok gumma
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Welsh:
dyn hysbys
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
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Welsh:
dynes hysbys
— professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic
