water-wyzer, noun

Origin:: South African Dutch, DutchShow more South African Dutch, from Dutch water water + wijzer indicator.

obs.

A dowser or water diviner.

1801 J. Barrow Trav. I. 376The first had taken up the profession of a water-wyzer or discoverer of water.

1955 L.G. Green Karoo 178Every district in the Karoo has its waterwyser, the diviner or dowser.

A dowser or water diviner.

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