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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
witch + -er, from the popular belief that dowsing was a supernatural act.
Noun[edit]
witcher (plural witchers)
- A dowser.
Related terms[edit]
- witch (verb)
Etymology 2[edit]
Contraction[edit]
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[edit]
witch + -er, a male equivalent of witch using the -er suffix as masculine, as in widower vs. widow, a calque of Polish wiedźmin. Possibly influenced by witchery.
The Polish word was coined in 1986 by author Andrzej Sapkowski as a male equivalent of wiedźma (“witch”) for his The Witcher book series and media franchise. The English calque witcher was popularized by the series' English translation.
Noun[edit]
witcher (plural witchers)
Related terms[edit]
- witch (noun)
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