beldams

noun

variants or beldames
plural of beldam
as in hags
a mean or ugly old woman knocking on the beldam's door on Halloween was once an annual ritual for the kids in the neighborhood

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  1. hags
  2. witches
Noun
  • The island village is beset by sea hags, serial killers, creepy clowns and other evils that interfere with Tom’s dream of turning Widow’s Bay into a Martha’s Vineyard-like tourist destination.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 17 June 2026
  • Martha’s Vineyard also has knife-wielding men in masks and creepy sea hags!
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Definition of hags
Noun
  • On the new Freeform series Coven Academy, Thiessen plays the head of a New Orleans school for teenage witches.
    — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Isabelle Frances McGuire, whose beguiling sculptures of witches struck a chord at the recent Whitney Biennial, had her first solo show ever with Prairie, in 2017.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of witches
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