shawoman

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English

Noun

shawoman (plural shawomen)

  1. (rare, nonstandard) A female shaman.
    • 1991, George Bowering, “The Stump”, in Douglas Barbour, editor, Beyond Tish, Edmonton, Alta.: NeWest Publishers Limited, →ISBN, page 35:
      Even Doreen Seaweed the west coast shawoman never reached the public with such an impact.
    • 1993, Gregory A. Scofield, “Just Medicine”, in The Gathering: Stones for the Medicine Wheel, Vancouver, B.C., Winlaw, B.C.: Polestar Book Publishers, →ISBN, page 38:
      […] running up against some powerful shawoman […]
    • 2007, Soraya Erian, Mystic Loon, Ottawa, Ont.: Borealis Press, →ISBN, page 130:
      The figure of shaman appears often, but I wonder why not shawoman, since so many of the impressive three-dimensional sculptures are made by women.

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