WITCH DOCTOR

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Someone who is believed to heal through magical powers

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("witch doctor" is a kind of...):

magician; necromancer; sorcerer; thaumaturge; thaumaturgist; wizard (one who practices magic or sorcery)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "witch doctor"):

conjure man; conjurer; conjuror (a witch doctor who practices conjury)

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