medicine woman
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English
Etymology
Probably a calque of Ojibwe mashkikiiwininiikwe (“female doctor”), from mashkiki (“medicine”) + inini (“man”) + ikwe (“woman”).
Noun
medicine woman (plural medicine women)
- A female Native American (or, any other indigenous) shamanistic healer.
- Coordinate term: medicine man
- Near-synonym: shaman
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Translations
shamanistic healer
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