witchcraftsman
English
Etymology
Portmanteau word formed from witchcraft + craftsman.
Noun
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 and Jacob Sager Weinstein, The Government Manual for New Wizards, Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, pp. 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.
- 1965, Muriel Spark, The Mandelbaum Gate, London: Macmillan, Part One, Chapter 4,