Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who bewitches or fascinates.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who bewitches.
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- noun One who
bewitches ; anenchanter .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Romeos who played opposite this bewitcher of all sexes.
Terribly Intimate Portraits Noel Coward 1936
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As well expect him to forget that chivalrous manner of his, bewitcher of the veriest stranger.
The Romance of a Pro-Consul Milne, James, 1865- 1911
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As well expect him to forget that chivalrous manner of his, bewitcher of the veriest stranger.
The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. James Milne 1908
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We do not read in history of any act of cruelty practiced towards a male bewitcher; though we have authentic records to prove, that many a weak and defenceless woman has been tortured, and even murdered by a people professing Christianity, merely because a pampered priest, or a superstitious idiot, sanctioned such oppression.
Letter to the Women of England, on the Injustice of Mental Subordination 1799
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We do not read in history of any act of cruelty practiced towards a male bewitcher; though we have authentic records to prove, that many a weak and defenceless woman has been tortured, and even murdered by a people professing Christianity, merely because a pampered priest, or a superstitious idiot, sanctioned such oppression.
Letter to the Women of England, on the Injustice of Mental Subordination 1799
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"I needed this," he began, "to prove to me that you were not a witch, as well as a bewitcher, for, verily, I had begun to think that by some black art ye flew out of your window at will.
Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883
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