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Shaman

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Noun

1. priest-doctor, shaman

in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shaman

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noun
1. 
a priest of shamanism
2. 
a medicine man of a similar religion, esp among certain tribes of Native Americans

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Shaman

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nounWord forms: plural ˈshamans
a priest or medicine man, esp. among N Asian peoples, who is believed able to heal and to foretell the future through communication with good and evil spirits

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Shaman

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n. pl. sha·mans
A member of certain traditional societies, especially of northern Asia and of North and South America, who acts as a medium between the visible world and an invisible spirit world and who practices magic or sorcery for purposes of healing, divination, and control over natural events.

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