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witch_doctor

witch doctor

See also: witchdoctor

English

Witch doctors.

Noun

witch doctor ‎(plural witch doctors)

A person who is believed to heal through magical powers; a shaman.
I told the witch doctor I was in love with you / And then the witch doctor he told me what to do" (Cartoons – Witch Doctor)

Translations

someone believed to heal through magic

Catalan: curandero m, xaman m, bruixot m, fetiller (ca) m
Chichewa: sing'anga
Chinese:
Mandarin:
Czech: šaman m
Finnish: poppamies (fi), noitatohtori
French: guérisseur (fr) m
Icelandic: galdralæknir m
Italian: sciamano (it) m, taumaturgo (it) m, stregone (it) m
Japanese: 呪術医 ‎(じゅじゅつい, jujutsui)
Macedonian: врач m ‎(vrač), бајач m ‎(bájač)

Malay: bomoh (ms), dukun (ms), pawang (ms)
Polish: uzdrowiciel (pl) m, znachor (pl) m, szaman (pl) m
Portuguese: xamã (pt) m, curandeiro (pt)
Romanian: șaman (ro) m, vrăjitor (ro) m
Russian: шама́н (ru) m ‎(šamán)
Serbo-Croatian: врач m ‎(vrač), врачapa f ‎(vračara)
Spanish: hechicero (es) m, brujo (es) m, curandero m, curandera f
Swahili: mganga (sw)
Swedish: häxdoktor c
Turkish: büyücü (tr), şaman (tr), üfürükçü (tr), kam (tr), bakşı, otacı (tr), Camanbay (tr)
Zulu: isangoma class 7/8

External links

witch doctor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia