Word: witchfinder
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: witch
fin
der
Definition: A person employed to carry out witch-hunts and identify witches.
Morphemes:
Affix: witch
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A person who practices witchcraft.
Affix: find
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
Affix: -er
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals.