See dowser in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"masculine"
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"word": "rabdomante"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aquilex"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "jalśodhak",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "जलशोधक"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "pānāḍī",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "पानाडी"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "pānāḍyā",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "पानाड्या"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "różdżkarz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "różdżkarka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "radiesteta"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "radiestetka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "rabdomante"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vedor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zahorí"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who uses the dowser or divining rod",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "rabdomante"
}
],
"word": "dowser"
}
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