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Summary
witch is an occupation[1]. witch draws 8,638 Wikipedia views per month (occupation category, ranking #159 of 676).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: magician[3]
- Part of: practitioner of witchcraft[4]
- Commons category: Witches[5]
- Field of this occupation: witchcraft[6], witch ride[7]
- Said to be the same as: magician[8]
- Opposite of: warlock[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Witches[10]
- Commons gallery: Witch[11]
- Depicted by: Witch[12]
- Described by source: Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.[13], Q28025385[14], Q19189981[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[18], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[20], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21]
- Partially coincident with: curandero[22]
- Different from: hag[23], Bruxa[24], magician[25], witch in a work of fiction[26], witch[27]
- Female form of label: sorcière[28], ساحرة[29], bruxa[30], čarodějnice[31], čarodejnica[32]
- Wikidata usage instructions: For "occupation" (P106), use "witch or warlock" (Q47429760).[33]
- Permanent duplicated item: witch[34]
- Vehicle normally used: flying broom[35]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for witch include The Witches[36], a film[37], directed by Robert Zemeckis[38]; fairy ring[39]; Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell[40], an organization[41], founded in 1968[42]; Witch[43], a television series episode[44], directed by Stephen Cragg[45]; and Witches and Wieners Pack[46], a downloadable content[47].
Why It Matters
witch has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] witch is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]
Entities named for witch include The Witches[36], a film[37], directed by Robert Zemeckis[38]; fairy ring[39]; Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell[40], an organization[41], founded in 1968[42]; Witch[43], a television series episode[44], directed by Stephen Cragg[45]; and Witches and Wieners Pack[46], a downloadable content[47].