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Witcher may refer to:
- Witcher (mythology), a witch-like character in Slavic mythology
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The Witcher, a series of fantasy books by Andrzej Sapkowski
- The Witcher (video game), a 2007 computer role-playing game based on the book series
- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, a 2011 sequel to The Witcher video game
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, a 2015 sequel to The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, the last game in The Witcher trilogy.
- Witcher (Hampshire cricketer)
- Witcher Creek, a tributary of the Kanawha River in West Virginia, United States
Witcher (full name and dates of birth and death unknown) was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire county cricket teams.
Witcher played one first-class cricket match in 1797 against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's Old Ground.
Witcher — (known also as Mieszko), it is European White Elm tree (Ulmus laevis), one of the largest elms in Europe. It is located in Komorów, Lubusz Voivodeship.
This elm has short, wide trunk with large hole near the base. Its circumeference measured at the 1,3 m height (CBH) was 930 cm (in 2011).
Height of the tree was 19 m. Witcher was significantly taller previously (about 35,5 m). Unfortunately, part of the crown collapsed in 2004, when harsh thunderstorm attacked those lands.
Age of the tree, measured thanks to the dendrochronological methods, is about 463 years (in 2016).
Witcher is officially preserved since 1971, as a natural monument. A fence around the tree has been made to protect aged elm.
Name of the tree in polish means Wiedźmin — a warlock or male witch.
Second name of the tree, Mieszko, is common among local foresters. It reminds of Mieszko I - one of the first rulers of Poland.
Usage examples of "witcher".
Furthermore, there is a consistent pattern of witchers expanding upon testimony.
And, to Verily's great pleasure, the witcher and the tithingmen were running both Alvin and Purity.
And, to Verily’s great pleasure, the witcher and the tithingmen were running both Alvin and Purity.
Not because they really did have knacks that came from Satan, but because they would not play along with the witchers and join them in persecuting others.
Maybe next time the witchers will go after folks with opinions they don't like, or folks who pray the wrong way or in the wrong place, or folks who look ugly or talk funny, or folks who aren't polite enough, or folks who wear the wrong clothes.
It is the common practice of witchers to use methods of torture invented after the writing of the law and therefore not enumerated in it, but having all the same pernicious effects as the prohibited practice.
Evidence of Satanic involvement in all witch trials in New England is produced by the witchers themselves and those who, in fear of death, bend to their will and produce the only kind of confession that the witchers will accept.
John knew that one of the main points taken from the courtroom today would be the possibility that people with the power of God in them might be charged with witchcraft if witchers had their way.
But the witchers called in the authorities and they guarded the hangings.
The witchers lost a lot of prestige, but they're still in the witch business, aren't they?
The appointment of these witchers is in the hands of the ecclesiastical authorities, who have delegated that responsibility to an examining board of experts on witchery, who are responsible for making sure that witchers are fully trained.
The licenses of all witchers fall under the law that governs the licensing of all government officials not specified in any particular act.
It was only the falsified testimony of the witchers that showed any involvement of Satan with knacks.
Then the witchers left, and all the neighbors who knew them and loved them, they tore down the wall at that place, and laid out a new course, and now they're inside the wall of the churchyard after all.
Maybe next time the witchers will go after folks with opinions they don’t like, or folks who pray the wrong way or in the wrong place, or folks who look ugly or talk funny, or folks who aren’t polite enough, or folks who wear the wrong clothes.