cunning woman en · NOUN
Meanings
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(historical) A witch or sorceress.
Joan Warden of Stapleford, Cambridgeshire, when charged in 1592 with being a cunning woman, declared that 'she doth not use any charms, but that she doth use ointments and herbs to cure many diseases'.
1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, page 185:
Forms
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| cunning women | Number=Plur | lexicographic |