medicine woman

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Zhao sees the moment as a collective expression of pain, with Buckley channeling the emotion of the community like a medicine woman.

From Los Angeles Times

Megan Hardy, who refers to herself as a "medicine woman" and is in charge of the session with Mr Dods, also takes a smaller dose of both drugs ahead of the ritual.

From BBC

Rising from a movie and television executive to head of his own production company to president of CBS Productions, Hill presided over some of the most successful shows of the 1990s, including “Walker, Texas Ranger,” “Touched by an Angel” and “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.”

From Los Angeles Times

She’s one of the people the Clan thinks of as “the Others,” but the Neanderthal medicine woman, Iza, is unable to leave the hurt and helpless girl behind.

From Slate

There is a prayer written by a medicine woman that wisely says, “I will not heal you for I see you in your wholeness. I will walk with you through the darkness as you remember your light.”

From Los Angeles Times