medicine woman
medicine woman · medicine women
шаман, знахар
шаман, знахарь, волхв
Medizinfrau
A female Native American shamanistic healerA female Native American (or, any other indigenous) shamanistic healer.
» We have medicines to make women speak; we have none to make them silent.
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1 sensesA female Native American (or, any other indigenous) shamanistic healer.
Near-synonym: shaman
Medizinfrau
Examples
1 sentencesWe have medicines to make women speak; we have none to make them silent.
Translations
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By meaning 1
shamanistic healer:
Origin
Probably a calque of Ojibwe mashkikiiwininiikwe (“female doctor”), from mashkiki (“medicinProbably a calque of Ojibwe mashkikiiwininiikwe (“female doctor”), from mashkiki (“medicine”) + inini (“man”) + ikwe (“woman”).
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Forms
plural: medicine women| Singular | medicine woman |
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| Plural | medicine women |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular