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Originally Posted by jason taylor
Wouldn't the closest analogue in English be sorceress: I've never heard of a female wizard.
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Wizardess was frequently used in the 16th through 18th centuries. Hawthorne in
The Scarlet Letter refers to the Governor's sister as a Wizardess. Many works by witch hunters in the 17th century preferred to use the word "wizardess" over witch.