Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bocor

/boʊˈkoɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bo-cor
IPA: /boʊˈkoɹ/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A voodoo practitioner who deals with malefic as well as beneficial effects; a sorcerer.

Example Sentences

"“The bokor who knows the magic can make anyone a zombi—a Haitian living abroad, a foreigner.”"
"The corpse is buried in all solemnity, and two days later, at dead of night, the bocor digs it up, stops feeding it salt, and has himself a zombie."
"A bòkò is an entrepreneur, and has a reputation as a man who will “work with both hands,” that is, for healing and revenge."
"It seemed to him that he was […] surrendering all agency and becoming hers to command, as if she were a Haitian bokor and he at lunch at Bergdorf Goodman had been administered the so-called zombie's cucumber which confused his thought processes and made him her slave for life."

Etymology

From Haitian Creole bòkò, from Fon bókɔ́nɔ̀ (“soothsayer”).

Word Breakdown

Root: bòkò, bókɔ́nɔ̀

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /boʊˈkoɹ/

Inflected Forms

bocors (plural) bòkò (alternative) bokor (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce bocor?: The recorded pronunciation is /boʊˈkoɹ/.
What does bocor mean?: A voodoo practitioner who deals with malefic as well as beneficial effects; a sorcerer.
Where does bocor come from?: From Haitian Creole bòkò, from Fon bókɔ́nɔ̀ (“soothsayer”).

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