witch hunter

English

Alternative forms

• witch-hunter, witchhunter

Noun

witch hunter (plural witch hunters)

1. A person employed to find witches as part of a witch-hunt; a witchfinder.
2. One who undertakes a witch-hunt (a public or political campaign or investigation which smears a person or group).
   • 2025 July 22, Jennifer Bowers Bahney, “'Struggling' Trump spirals as 'usual playbook' fails to get him out of jam: report”, in Raw Story‎:

     Now, however, Ford wrote, “Those days are over; there are no more witch-hunters” because Trump has gotten rid of them all.

See also

• witchfinder