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WITCH-HUNTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does witch-hunter mean?
• WITCH-HUNTER (noun)
The noun WITCH-HUNTER has 1 sense:
1. someone who identifies and punishes people for their opinions
Familiarity information: WITCH-HUNTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who identifies and punishes people for their opinions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("witch-hunter" is a kind of...):
persecutor; tormenter; tormentor (someone who torments)
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