English Explanatory Dictionary

medicine woman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A female Native American (or, any other indigenous) shamanistic healer.

Word forms

medicine woman medicine women

Etymology

Probably a calque of Ojibwe mashkikiiwininiikwe (“female doctor”), from mashkiki (“medicine”) + inini (“man”) + ikwe (“woman”).

Synonyms

shaman

Related words

folk medicine herbal medicine indigenous medicine medicinal traditional medicine
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