Meanings
witcher1
witcher2
- contractionpronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of with your.
... an' t'hell witcher ponies I says
1934, Henry Roth, Call It Sleep3 more examples
And Wiltz said, 'Come on witcher conversation, Mr. Avery. Come on witcher conversation.'
1974, Paul R. Clancy, Just a Country Lawyer: A Biography of Senator Sam Ervin, page 103Whyncha quit? You can do construction work witcher ol man.
1999, Richard Price, Bloodbrothers, page 113How's it feel to be drinkin' and smokin' witcher big-time, freelance gunman. Huh? Pretty exciting or what?
2010, Rex Miller, Profane Men, page 45
witcher3
Witcher4
Origin
witcher · noun
From witch + -er, from the popular belief that dowsing was a supernatural act.
Full word history & related roots →witcher · noun
- Polishwiedźmin
- Englishwitcher
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.
More words from Polish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian ве́щер
- ве́щер (véšter)human who has undergone a controlled mutation to be able to kill monsters as a mercenary
Czech zaklínač
- zaklínačhuman who has undergone a controlled mutation to be able to kill monsters as a mercenary
Dutch hekser
- hekserhuman who has undergone a controlled mutation to be able to kill monsters as a mercenary
Estonian nõidur
- nõidurhuman who has undergone a controlled mutation to be able to kill monsters as a mercenary
Finnish noituri
- noiturihuman who has undergone a controlled mutation to be able to kill monsters as a mercenary
French sorceleur
- sorceleurhuman who has undergone a controlled mutation to be able to kill monsters as a mercenary
German Hexer
- Hexerhuman who has undergone a controlled mutation to be able to kill monsters as a mercenary
Hungarian vaják
- vajákhuman who has undergone a controlled mutation to be able to kill monsters as a mercenary
Italian strigo
- strigohuman who has undergone a controlled mutation to be able to kill monsters as a mercenary
Latvian raganis
- raganishuman who has undergone a controlled mutation to be able to kill monsters as a mercenary
Lithuanian raganius
- raganiushuman who has undergone a controlled mutation to be able to kill monsters as a mercenary
Polish wiedźmin
- wiedźminhuman who has undergone a controlled mutation to be able to kill monsters as a mercenary
Portuguese bruxo
- bruxohuman who has undergone a controlled mutation to be able to kill monsters as a mercenary
Russian ведьма́к
- ведьма́к (vedʹmák)human who has undergone a controlled mutation to be able to kill monsters as a mercenary
Slovak zaklínač
- zaklínačhuman who has undergone a controlled mutation to be able to kill monsters as a mercenary
Spanish brujo
- brujohuman who has undergone a controlled mutation to be able to kill monsters as a mercenary
Swedish häxkarl
- häxkarlhuman who has undergone a controlled mutation to be able to kill monsters as a mercenary
Ukrainian відьма́к
- відьма́к (vidʹmák)human who has undergone a controlled mutation to be able to kill monsters as a mercenary
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with witcher
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
witcher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/witcher
“witcher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/witcher. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “witcher,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/witcher.
Source: witcher on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.