witchfinder general (English, noun)
expansion: witchfinder general (plural witchfinders general or witchfinder generals)
Senses:
glosses: A title assumed by Matthew Hopkins, a 17th-century English witch-hunter.
tags: historical
qualifier: by analogy
glosses: An overly zealous investigator or accuser.
Forms:
form: witchfinders general
tags: plural
form: witchfinder generals
tags: plural
form: witch-finder general
tags: alternative