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noun
- The male equivalent of witch.
- (obsolete) A traitor or oath-breaker.
- (obsolete) The Devil, Satan; a demon.
- (originally Scotland and Northern UK) A man in league with the Devil; a male magic-user, a wizard.
Translations: - Dutch: Heksenmeester
- German: Hexer
- Italian: stregone
- Spanish: brujo
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Etymology: Old English wírloga, wrloga, from wír, wr "promise" (from Indo-European - wÄr- "true"; compare veritable) + loga "liar", from leogan, lÄogan ( > English lie); the ending in -ck is from Scottish & Northern English.
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