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medicine man
noun
- (among North American Indians and some other aboriginal peoples) a person believed to possess magical or supernatural powers; shaman.
- a seller of patent medicine, especially before 1900, presenting a medicine show to attract customers.
medicine man
noun
- (among certain peoples, esp North American Indians) a person believed to have supernatural powers of healing; a magician or sorcerer
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of medicine man1
Example Sentences
As a young mother, Ms. Rabha was told by a local medicine man that her mentally ill son would soon die; he didn’t.
Law enforcement authorities say in the decades since starring in the Oscar-winning movie, Chasing Horse became a self-proclaimed medicine man among tribes and traveled around North America to perform healing ceremonies.
He ran all the way to the medicine man’s, through cobbled streets, past groups of men sipping coriander tea and beautiful pillared villas.
“But these are our sacred sites and it makes our medicine man upset.â€
A medicine man fielded questions from the majority Navajo, or Diné, audience on what to do when the moon partially shrouds the sun.
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