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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [noun] (67)
walkyrieOE

In extended use (in collocation with witch): a sorceress, a witch.

witchOE

A person (in later use typically a woman; see note) who practises witchcraft or magic, esp. of a malevolent or harmful nature.

hagc1230

A witch; a woman thought to have dealings with the devil.

strya1300

A hag, beldam.

wise woman1382

A woman skilled in magic or hidden arts; a female magician, soothsayer, etc.; a witch, sorceress; esp. a harmless or beneficent one, who deals in…

sorceressc1384

A female sorcerer; a witch.

luller14..

One who lulls; ? a woman who chants spells, a witch.

tylyester14..

An enchantress, sorceress.

chantressc1425

A female magician; a sorceress, an enchantress.

magicienne1490

A female magician, a sorceress. Obsolete. rare.

gyre-carline1535

The mother-witch; a witch, hag.

witch-womana1538

a woman who practises witchcraft or magic; cf. sense 1a.

eye-biter1584

a person (esp. a woman) considered to possess the ‘evil eye’.

beldama1586

esp. with depreciative sense: A loathsome old woman, a hag; a witch; a furious raging woman (without the notion of age), a virago.

witch-wife1591

a woman who practises witchcraft or magic; cf. sense 1a.

cunning woman1594

spec. Possessing magical knowledge or skill: in cunning man, cunning woman, a fortune-teller, conjurer, ‘wise man’, ‘wise woman’, wizard or witch…

saga?a1600

A witch.

magha1609

A sorceress.

magicianess1651

A female magician.

hag-witcha1658

General use in various types of compound, such as hag-born, hag-faced, hag lore, hag-witch, etc.

haggard1658

An ugly or malicious old woman; a hag; a witch.

besom-rider1664

a witch, from the popular notion that they rode on broom-sticks.

wizardess1789

a female wizard, witch.

fly-by-night1796

One who flies by night; one addicted to nocturnal excursions (see also quot. 1796. Also slang, one who defrauds his landlord or creditors by…

lucky1827

A witch, a sorceress. Obsolete.

bruja1829

Originally and chiefly in Spanish-speaking contexts: a sorceress, witch, or witch doctor; a woman who practises magic. Cf. brujo, n.

weird-woman1845

a witch.

hex1856

A witch. Also transferred, a witch-like female.

Baba Yaga1857

In Russian and other Slavic folklore: (the name of) a witch or female demon.

pishogue1906

A fairy; a witch. Now rare.

witcher1928

(a) A person (esp. a woman) who fascinates or bewitches others (cf. witch, v.1 3) (rare). (b) A person who practises witchcraft (cf. witch, v.1 2a).

Subcategories:

— quality of being (3)
— mock title for (1)
— subordinate (1)
— inhabiting water (1)
— from Lapland (3)
— soucouyant (3)
— meeting of (8)
— dance performed by (1)
— apparatus used by (2)
— witch-hunt (7)
— object used as protection against (3)
— one who detects witches (2)
— preparation used to detect witches (1)
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