archwitch

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noun

A very powerful witch.

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Meanings

nounarchwitch (plural archwitches)

plural archwitches · alternative arch-witch

  1. A very powerful witch.

    And it was strange that these two archwitches should slumber when the whole world of shadows was astir.

    1907, William McChesney Martin, Shoes of Iron: A Tale of Witch Town, Mayhew Publishing Co., page 183
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    Others, like the archwitch Kálarátri or “black night,” are of repulsive appearance; she has dull eyes, a depressed flat nose; […]

    1894, William Crooke, An Introduction to the Popular Religion and Folklore of Northern India, Allahabad: […] the Government Press, […], page 350

    The poetic basis of this composition is the Russian legend that on the night of Ivan Koupalo the archwitch, Baba-Yaga, with sorcerers and sorceresses, comes to the Bald (or Bare) Mountain to celebrate the witches’ Sabbath.

    1954, Donald N. Ferguson, Masterworks of the Orchestral Repertoire: A Guide for Listeners, published 1968, page 381

Origin

From arch- + witch.

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