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In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for a male or a female.

The noun witch is a common gender noun, a word for a male or a female.

All witches, male and female are just that, witches. (not "warlock")

Contrary to the popularization of fiction and fantasy works, there is NO masculine word for witch.

The word "warlock", commonly used in fiction and fantasy works, is an extremely derogatory word, much like many racial and ethnic slurs used by the uneducated and/or bigoted peoples of the world.

The original meaning of the word "warlock" was "oath breaker" or "one who has broken their oath with God" It is from the middle ages and referred to anyone male or female, (it also is a non-gender specific word) who practiced any form of paganism. At the time the Catholic church was on a mission to eradicate paganism, and in their attempts they demonized the gods of paganism and claimed the practitioners had "made a pact with the devil", hence the "oath breaker" term.

As pagans in general did not then, nor do they now, follow the Catholic church, its beliefs, practices or rituals nor do they believe in the devil, or hell as a place of eternal torment and/or punishment, these accusations were (and still are) entirely false.

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