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noun
One who spirits away another, particularly one who steals children to be sold into forced labour in the New World.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Narrower terms: abductor, kidnapper
noun
One who is sensitive to spirits; a medium or spiritualist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From spirit + -er.
