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Definition of shaman noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shaman

noun

/ˈʃeɪmən/,

/ˈʃɑːmən/,

/ˈʃæmən/

/ˈʃeɪmən/,

/ˈʃɑːmən/,

/ˈʃæmən/

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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 festivalsc2
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from German Schamane and Russian shaman, from Tungus šaman.

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