witch-hunter

1. 1.

   someone who identifies and punishes people for their opinions

   Broadertormentor

Questions about witch-hunter

What does witch-hunter mean?

witch-hunter means "someone who identifies and punishes people for their opinions".

How many syllables are in witch-hunter?

witch-hunter has 3 syllables and divides as witch--hun-ter under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is witch-hunter a common word?

witch-hunter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.