medicine man
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++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 man• On 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
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