witch doctressn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪtʃ dɒktrᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈwɪtʃ ˌdɑktrəs/

Forms:

α. 1800s– witch doctress.

β. 1800s– witch doctoress Brit. /ˈwɪtʃ dɒktəˌrɛs/, /ˈwɪtʃ ˌdɒktərᵻs/, U.S. /ˈwɪtʃ ˌdɑktərəs/.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: witch n., doctress n.; witch n., doctoress n.

Etymology: Partly (in α. forms) < witch n. + doctress n., after witch doctor n.; and partly (in β. forms) < witch n. + doctoress n., after witch doctor n.

A female witch doctor.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > sorcerer or medicine man > African witch-doctor

witch doctor1817

witchfinder1833

witch doctress1834

ngaka1871

sangoma1893

1834 J. Holman Voy. round World II. x. 266 The witch doctress usually runs round a few times, performing many unmeaning and ridiculous antics, and then affects to smell one or two persons, whom she names as the offenders.

1880 Free Church Scotl. Monthly Rec. Feb. 38/1 Of her father's two wives one is a witch-doctoress.

1892 H. R. Haggard Nada the Lily vii The most famous witch-doctress..a woman whose scent was as keen as a dog's.

2005 K. Swenson Med. Women & Victorian Fiction v. 186 Georgia learns that an old witch doctress, Khadija, has supplied Fath-Ud-Din with the poison used on Sir Dugald and that only she knows the proper antidote.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	witch doctress
释义	witch doctressn. Brit. /ˈwɪtʃ dɒktrᵻs/, U.S. /ˈwɪtʃ ˌdɑktrəs/ Forms: α. 1800s– witch doctress. β. 1800s– witch doctoress Brit. /ˈwɪtʃ dɒktəˌrɛs/, /ˈwɪtʃ ˌdɒktərᵻs/, U.S. /ˈwɪtʃ ˌdɑktərəs/. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: witch n., doctress n.; witch n., doctoress n. Etymology: Partly (in α. forms) < witch n. + doctress n., after witch doctor n.; and partly (in β. forms) < witch n. + doctoress n., after witch doctor n. A female witch doctor. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > sorcerer or medicine man > African witch-doctor witch doctor1817 witchfinder1833 witch doctress1834 ngaka1871 sangoma1893 1834 J. Holman Voy. round World II. x. 266 The witch doctress usually runs round a few times, performing many unmeaning and ridiculous antics, and then affects to smell one or two persons, whom she names as the offenders. 1880 Free Church Scotl. Monthly Rec. Feb. 38/1 Of her father's two wives one is a witch-doctoress. 1892 H. R. Haggard Nada the Lily vii The most famous witch-doctress..a woman whose scent was as keen as a dog's. 2005 K. Swenson Med. Women & Victorian Fiction v. 186 Georgia learns that an old witch doctress, Khadija, has supplied Fath-Ud-Din with the poison used on Sir Dugald and that only she knows the proper antidote. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1834
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