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Definition 2024

medicine_man

medicine man

English

Noun

medicine man ‎(plural medicine men)

A Native American shamanistic healer. The term is also used to refer to traditional healers of other indigenous aboriginal peoples.

Translations

shamanistic healer

Dutch: medicijnman m
Finnish: poppamies (fi), šamaani (fi)
French: homme-médecine m, sorcier (fr) m
German: Medizinmann m
Maore Comorian: mwalimu-dunia class 1/2
Navajo: hataałii

Ngazidja Comorian: mwalimu-dunia class 1/2
Ojibwe: mashkikiiwinini
Tlingit: íx̱t’
Turkish: üfürükçü (tr), otacı (tr), şaman (tr), kam (tr), bakşı