bocor
[ boh-kawr ]
/ boʊˈkɔr /
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noun
a malevolent Vodou priest of Haiti.
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Sometimes bo·kor .
Origin of bocor
First recorded in 1925–30; from Haitian Creole boco(r), bòkò “sorcerer, magician”
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