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TOTEMIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does totemist mean?
• TOTEMIST (noun)
The noun TOTEMIST has 1 sense:
1. a person who belongs to a clan or tribe having a totem
Familiarity information: TOTEMIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who belongs to a clan or tribe having a totem
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("totemist" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Holonyms ("totemist" is a member of...):
totem (a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object)
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