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- noun A
male witch ; awarlock .
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Examples
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It will now be “my man-witch” or possibly “spouse”
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Nevertheless, Alison was a witch, or something like one, and Warrick Locke was a man-witch, and Lauralee and Carolyn were little witch's apprentices (although they weren't very good at anything except what Alison called "sex magic" and Eleanor would have called "vamping").
Phoenix And Ashes Lackey, Mercedes 2004
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After betrothal the bride was painted red by the “man-witch” for one month, to declare her engagement, and the mask was washed off before nuptials.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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The Devil being actually a human being, the letter of introduction to him, given by a man-witch to a would-be proselyte, becomes quite credible.
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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After betrothal the bride was painted red by the "man-witch" for one month, to declare her engagement, and the mask was washed off before nuptials.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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The young man-witch, Isaac de Queyran, told de Lancre that the witches sat at a table with the Black Man at the end, and had bread and meat which was spread on a cloth. [
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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