witchfinder general
English
noun
Definitions
- (historical) A title assumed by in 1645, by Matthew Hopkins an English witch-hunter.
- By analogy an overly zealous investigator or accuser.
Etymology
Compound from English witchfinder + English general.
Origin
English
general
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- finder English
- general English
- general hospital English
- generalcy English
- generaless English
- generalise English
- generalism English
- generalist English
- generalistic English
- generality English
- generalization English
- generalize English
- generally English
- generalness English
- generalship English
- nongeneral English
- outgeneral English
- overgeneral English
- ungeneralled English
- witch English
- witchfinder English
- generālis Latin
- général French
- *weyk- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- ゼネラル Japanese
- general Middle English
- जनरल Hindi
- jeneral Malay
- jenerali Swahili
- جنرل Urdu
- jenerel Tok Pisin
- chvnvl Choctaw