shaman
noun/ˈʃeɪmən/, /ˈʃɑːmən/, /ˈʃæmən/
/ˈʃeɪmən/, /ˈʃɑːmən/, /ˈʃæmən/
- a person in some religions and societies who is believed to be able to contact good and evil spirits and cure people of illnessesTopics Religion and festivalsc2Word Originlate 17th cent.: from German Schamane and Russian shaman, from Tungus šaman.
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