"witchfinder" meaning in All languages combined

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          "word": "witchfinder general"
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          "ref": "2017, Ronald Hutton, The Witch, Yale University Press, page 30",
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        "(chiefly historical) A person employed to carry out witch-hunts and identify witches."
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