curandero

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cu·ran·de·ro

(ko͞o′rən-dâr′ō)

n. pl. cu·ran·de·ros

A man who practices folk medicine; an herb doctor.

[American Spanish, from Spanish curar, to cure, from Latin cūrāre, to cure, take care of, from cūra, care; see cure.]

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curandero

(ˌkʊrənˈdɛərəʊ)

(Alternative Belief Systems) a male healer or shaman in Hispanic-America

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curandero - a Mexican man who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans

healer, therapist - a person skilled in a particular type of therapy

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At a small house in the foothills of the Andes two days later, our group received a blessing from a curandero, a healer named Nicosia.