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witch doctor
(redirected from Witch doctor (disambiguation))

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witch doctor: see medicine man medicine man, among Native Americans and other traditional peoples as far back as Paleolithic times, a person believed to possess supernatural healing powers. Like the shaman the medicine man was a specialist in spiritual healing.
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; shaman shaman (shä`mən, shā`–, shă`–)
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witch doctor
1. a man in certain societies, esp preliterate ones, who appears to possess magical powers, used esp to cure sickness but also to harm people
2. a person who seeks out or hunts witches in some African tribal cultures


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