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medicine man

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ˈmedicine man (also medicine woman) noun [countable]  MAa person in a Native American tribe who is considered to have the ability to cure illness and disease 巫医〔美洲印第安人部落中被认为具有治病能力的人〕 shaman, witch-doctor
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medicine manOn the Reservation, being a medicine man meant literally that these days.Forbes is a one-bottle medicine man.He spoke Navajo and once sang with a Navajo medicine man at the bedside of a sick girl.
ˈmedicine man nounChineseSyllable
American person who a Corpus Native tribe in is considered a


medicine man
ˈmedicine man (also ˈmedicine ˌwoman) noun [countable]
a person in a Native American tribe who is considered to have the ability to cure illness and disease ⇨ shaman, witch-doctor


medicine manBrE /ˈmedsn mæn/ 🔊, /ˈmedɪsn mæn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmedɪsn mæn/ 🔊 nouna person who is believed to have special magic powers of healing, especially among Native Americans 巫医(尤指美洲土著)   compare witch doctor