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SHAMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shaman mean?
• SHAMAN (noun)
The noun SHAMAN has 1 sense:
1. in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination
Familiarity information: SHAMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
priest-doctor; shaman
Hypernyms ("shaman" is a kind of...):
non-Christian priest; priest (a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shaman"):
medicine man (a Native American shaman)
Derivation:
shamanize (practice shamanism)
Context examples
He is a shaman.
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Then I heard the talk of the shamans and chiefs that the Russians had brought strange sicknesses upon the people, and killed our men, and stolen our women, and that the land must be made clean.
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