medicine woman

noun

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

Example Sentences

Poa, greatly saddened by her unkindness, consulted an old medicine-woman, to see whether the scar might not be removed.

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Ania is niece to the old medicine-woman in the stone wigwam at St. Valier; going to see her, eh?

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The medicine-woman eagerly watched these changes and repeated her previous query.

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He felt sure, however, that the strange old Medicine Woman would prove a valuable ally.

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In a few suns more she will be a great medicine woman, foretelling things that shall come to the tribes.

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