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medicine man
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medicine man
n.
1. A male shaman or shamanistic healer, especially among Native American peoples.
2. A hawker of brews and potions among the audience in a medicine show.
medicine man
n
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (among certain peoples, esp North American Indians) a person believed to have supernatural powers of healing; a magician or sorcerer
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Noun1.medicine man - a Native American shamanmedicine man - a Native American shaman            
rainmaker - American Indian medicine man who attempt to make it rain
priest-doctor, shaman - in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination
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medicine man n → stregone m
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