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angakok

or an·ge·kok

[ ang-guh-kok ]

/ ˈæŋ gəˌkɒk /

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noun

a shaman in Inuit society.

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Origin of angakok

First recorded in 1760–70; from German, from Inuit (Greenlandic) angeqok

Words nearby angakok

Anfinsen, anfractuosity, anfractuous, ANG, anga, angakok, Angara, Angarsk, angary, angashore, angel

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Example sentences from the Web for angakok

One angakok throws her with his harpoon, another631 one stabs her, and by this means they cut off all the transgressions.
The Popular Science Monthly, October, 1900|Various
The thong is attached to the end of a stick which is held in hand by the angakok.
The Popular Science Monthly, October, 1900|Various
The performance of a self-confident angakok is quite impressive—if one has not witnessed it too many times before.
The North Pole|Robert E. Peary
The angakok is generally not loved—he knows too many unpleasant things that are going to happen, so he says.
The North Pole|Robert E. Peary

The business of the angakok is mainly singing incantations and going into trances, for he has no medicines.
The North Pole|Robert E. Peary

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