English edit

Etymology edit

Blend of witchcraft +‎ craftsman

Noun edit

witchcraftsman (plural witchcraftsmen)

  1. (humorous) A practitioner of witchcraft.
    • 1965, Muriel Spark, The Mandelbaum Gate, London: Macmillan, Part One, Chapter 4:
      It had been found and declared by an analytical witchcraftsman that Abdul’s character contained intelligence among other ingredients; he knew largely what he was doing.
    • 2006, Matthew David Brozik, Jacob Sager Weinstein, The Government Manual for New Wizards[1], Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, pages 18–19:
      Apprenticeships are mostly a thing of the distant past, although some practicing wizards are willing to take on young helpers and to train them to become master witchcraftsmen themselves.