Thesaurus results for BELDAM

beldam

noun

ˈbel-dəm

variants or beldame

as in witch

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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The name comes from a badge one of the women have depicting a witch with weapons, though the women say the name isn't important.

Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
Linda Woolverton’s first script was a straight film adaptation; a small part of the mix was the origin story of two witches of Oz, Glinda the Good Witch and Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West.

Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2025

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