MEDICINE MAN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A Native American shaman

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("medicine man" is a kind of...):

priest-doctor; shaman (in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "medicine man"):

rainmaker (American Indian medicine man who attempt to make it rain)

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