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muds_animal_friend

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cardtrick said:
If you believe Wikipedia, the name Witcher was (in the world of the books) originally used by powerful male mages as a derogatory term to insult people like Geralt with relatively low magical ability, by comparing them with female witches.
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That's interesting and makes sense given the low social status of witchers. The usual English equivalent for that situation would be to use an existing noun in its diminutive form, e.g. mageling, witchling.
 

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yarpen said:
Witcher is supposed to be 'invalid' English (neologism), just as Wiedzmin is in Polish. Warlock was considered, but it's usually associated with caster class in the RPG world so it could be mistaking.
Pug987: coincidence I guess... Or Sapkowski's weak spot as they were all described as red heads in books.
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Well, not all of them appear in the books - e.g. Abigail. Looks like the CDPR artists also have a weak spot for red-haired women. :)
 
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