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Etymology

Probably a calque of Ojibwe mashkikiiwinini (“‘doctor’”), from mashkiki (“‘medicine’”) + inini (“‘man’”).

Noun

Singular medicine man

Plural medicine men

medicine man (plural medicine men)

  1. A Native American shamanistic healer.

 

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