outfit doctor
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A doctor (shaman) in certain cultures who was a doctor by virtue of their magical paraphernalia and the techniques they learned, rather than from supernatural experiences such as dreams and visions.
Example Sentences
- "An outfit doctor was initiated by the relative whose place he was to take and whose outfit he inherited."
- "There was none of the specialization of shamans found in adjacent areas. The social pattern demanded no rattlesnake shamans, no weather shamans, no bear shamans, no outfit doctors, no exclusive poisoners."
- "Outfit doctor: No supernatural experience required. Technique "picked up" by watching such a doctor practice or serving as one of his seconds. Outfit: feather headdress; antidotes such as rocks, parts of snakes and frogs, feathers of hawk, eagle, crow, or owl (hawk feathers especially potent); cocoon rattle (4 cocoons, handle 1 ft. long); double crane-bone whistle; no clothing except headdress."