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medicine man

noun

  1. (among North American Indians and some other aboriginal peoples) a person believed to possess magical or supernatural powers; shaman.
  2. a seller of patent medicine, especially before 1900, presenting a medicine show to attract customers.


medicine man

noun

  1. (among certain peoples, esp North American Indians) a person believed to have supernatural powers of healing; a magician or sorcerer
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of medicine man1

First recorded in 1795–1805
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As a young mother, Ms. Rabha was told by a local medicine man that her mentally ill son would soon die; he didn’t.

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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.

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He ran all the way to the medicine man’s, through cobbled streets, past groups of men sipping coriander tea and beautiful pillared villas.

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“But these are our sacred sites and it makes our medicine man upset.â€

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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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