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witch doctor

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witch doctor
a person in some societies who attempts to cure sickness and to exorcise evil spirits by the use of magic.
[1710-20]

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      a healer or benevolent worker of magic in a nonliterate society. The term originated in England in the 18th century and is generally considered to be pejorative and anthropologically inaccurate. See also medicine man; shaman (shamanism).

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