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WITCH DOCTOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does witch doctor mean?
• WITCH DOCTOR (noun)
The noun WITCH DOCTOR has 1 sense:
1. someone who is believed to heal through magical powers
Familiarity information: WITCH DOCTOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who is believed to heal through magical powers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("witch doctor" is a kind of...):
magician; necromancer; sorcerer; thaumaturge; thaumaturgist; wizard (one who practices magic or sorcery)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "witch doctor"):
conjure man; conjurer; conjuror (a witch doctor who practices conjury)
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