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WATER WITCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does water witch mean?
• WATER WITCH (noun)
The noun WATER WITCH has 1 sense:
1. someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water
Familiarity information: WATER WITCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
dowser; rhabdomancer; water witch
Hypernyms ("water witch" is a kind of...):
diviner (someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers)
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