witcher
See also: Witcher
English
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈwɪt͡ʃɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɪtʃə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
witch + -er, from the popular belief that dowsing was a supernatural act.
Noun
witcher (plural witchers)
- A dowser.
Related terms
- witch (verb)
Etymology 2
Contraction
witcher
- Pronunciation spelling of with your.
- 1934, Henry Roth, Call It Sleep:
- ... an' t'hell witcher ponies I says
- 1974, Paul R. Clancy, Just a Country Lawyer: A Biography of Senator Sam Ervin, page 103,
- And Wiltz said, 'Come on witcher conversation, Mr. Avery. Come on witcher conversation.'
- 1999, Richard Price, Bloodbrothers, page 113:
- Whyncha quit? You can do construction work witcher ol man.
- 2010, Rex Miller, Profane Men, page 45:
- How's it feel to be drinkin' and smokin' witcher big-time, freelance gunman. Huh? Pretty exciting or what?
Etymology 3
witch + -er, a male equivalent of witch using the -er suffix as masculine, as in widower vs. widow. A direct translation of Polish wiedźmin. The Polish word was coined in 1986 by author Andrzej Sapkowski as a male equivalent of wiedźma (“witch”). The English translation witcher was popularized by The Witcher franchise.
Noun
witcher (plural witchers)
- A male witch.
Related terms
- witch (noun)
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyk- (separate)
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