Meanings
nounillwisher (plural illwishers)
plural illwishers
- One who wishes somebody ill.
Minor accidents had convinced the correspondent that the witch's spell was working on her and she demanded a counter-spell from Simpkins against the ill-wisher.
1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 69
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Finnish pahantahtoinen ihminen
- pahantahtoinen ihminenone who wishes somebody ill
Russian недоброжела́тель, недоброжела́тельница
- недоброжела́тель (nedobroželátelʹ)one who wishes somebody ill
- недоброжела́тельница (nedobroželátelʹnica)one who wishes somebody ill
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