black witch

English

Noun

black witch (plural black witches)

1. A witch who practices black magic. [from 17th c.]

   Antonym: white witch

   • 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 261:

     There were supposed to be three kinds of witches, the black variety that always worked evil, the white, always good and rendered human beings great services and the gray ones, good or bad as they saw fit. The black witches are the most interesting since they are figuratively more colorful, with a definite personality, ill disposed as they are.

   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 238:

     Prosecutions of black witches suspected of doing harm to other people were numerous enough.