medicine man
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.70 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
A traditional healer among other indigenous or ancient peoples.
noun
The pitchman at a medicine show.
Example Sentences
- "And the Jossakeeds, the Prophets, The Wabenos, the Magicians, And the Medicine-men, the Medas, Painted upon bark and deer-skin Figures for the songs they chanted"
- "Sitting Bull is commonly thought of as a warrior. In point of fact he was not. He was a “medicine man;” which means that he included within himself the three professions of the priesthood, medicine and law."
- "He spent much time in prayer, alone in the hills or in conference with a medicine man."
- "When, however, the plant spirits were not strong enough in themselves, then the family called in the Medicine Man. He appeared, a "monster of so frightful mien", with noise making apparatus which produced such a terrifying din that even the hardiest demon was likely to flee."
- ""I'm sorry kiddies," he said, "but I haven't very much faith in Medicine Men.""
- "After the death of Ekwefi's second child, Okonkwo had gone to a medicine man, who was also a diviner of the Afa Oracle, to enquire what was amiss."