among North American Indians, etc., a man believed to have supernatural powers of curing disease and controlling spirits; shaman
medicine man
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medicine man
noun
- A male shaman or shamanistic healer, especially among Native American peoples.
- A hawker of nostrums among the audience in a medicine show.
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Origin
Probably a calque of Ojibwe mashkikiiwinini (“doctor"), from mashkiki (“medicine") + inini (“man").
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medicine man - Medical Definition
n.
- A male shaman or shamanistic healer, especially among Native American peoples.
- A hawker of nostrums among the audience in a medicine show.
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