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witcher.

A dowser.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈwɪt͡ʃɚ/US
  1. A dowser.

Where this word comes from

From witch + -er, from the popular belief that dowsing was a supernatural act.

noun/ˈwɪt͡ʃɚ/US
  1. A male witch; warlock.

  2. A human who has undergone a controlled mutation so that he can kill monsters as a professional mercenary in Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher series.

Where this word comes from

From 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.

contraction/ˈwɪt͡ʃɚ/US
  1. Pronunciation spelling of with your.

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Where this word comes from

Contraction of with + your.

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