witchcraftsman
English edit
Etymology edit
Blend of witchcraft + craftsman
Noun edit
witchcraftsman (plural witchcraftsmen)
- (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.