medicine man

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noun

(among North American Indians and some other aboriginal peoples) a person believed to possess magical or supernatural powers; shaman.

a seller of patent medicine, especially before 1900, presenting a medicine show to attract customers.

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Origin of medicine man

First recorded in 1795–1805

Words nearby medicine man

medicine chest, medicine dance, medicine dropper, Medicine Hat, medicine lodge, medicine man, medicine shop, medicine show, medicine wheel, medicine woman, medick

How to use medicine man in a sentence

In the 1600s, they lived in 69 villages, each with a chief, or sachem, and a medicine man.
This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later.|Dana Hedgpeth|November 4, 2021|Washington Post
Next door, a center built in the late 1990s serves as a repository for artifacts and exhibits, such as photographs of the tribe’s last known medicine man and Richardson’s parents sharing their culture with tourists at Jamestown.
Covid funds spell relief for six Virginia Indian tribes|Jenna Portnoy|June 3, 2021|Washington Post
I thought of the medicine man who gave me my name, and how he taught me about entropy—the way a body holds our origins and stars—and how, after he built our sweat lodge, willow and tie by willow and tie, he ended the day by watching Die Hard.
I Rejected the Native Grieving Ceremonies My Mother Taught Me When She Died. But Losing Friends During the Pandemic Changed That|Terese Marie Mailhot|December 28, 2020|Time
Medicine Man is one of the few dispensaries, both medical and recreational, that has its grow house onsite.
Welcome to the Jungle: Pot Tourism|Abby Haglage, Caitlin Dickson|February 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Despite being one of the largest dispensaries in Colorado, Medicine Man will soon double in size.
Ganjapreneurs Flock to Colorado Following Marijuana Legalization|Abby Haglage, Caitlin Dickson|January 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Old Mr. Medicine Man, he stands up in the plain daylight, and he draws his bow and shoots a arrer plum through that boy.
The Way of a Man|Emerson Hough
Boy squirms a heap and Mr. Medicine Man socks another arrer through him, cool as you please—I have seen that done.
The Way of a Man|Emerson Hough
Then the medicine man steps up, cuts off the boy's head with his knife—holds it up plain, so everybody can see it.
The Way of a Man|Emerson Hough
But now the old medicine man takes a blanket and throws it over this dead boy.
The Way of a Man|Emerson Hough
It may be necessary here to remark that the blacks, under no circumstances, kill a medicine-man.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont|Louis de Rougemont

British Dictionary definitions for medicine man

medicine man

noun

(among certain peoples, esp North American Indians) a person believed to have supernatural powers of healing; a magician or sorcerer

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