English Explanatory Dictionary

witchfinder general

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A title assumed by Matthew Hopkins, a 17th-century English witch-hunter.
  2. An overly zealous investigator or accuser.

Word forms

witchfinder general witchfinders general witchfinder generals witch-finder general

Etymology

From witchfinder + general.

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