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Noun Concept
Categories: African witchcraft, Articles with short description, Traditional healthcare occupations, Harv and Sfn template errors, Austronesian spirituality
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witch doctor  Ej da witch doctor  witchdoctor  Boyla  Coraji
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Someone who is believed to heal through magical powers WordNet 3.0
English:
traditional medicine
Definitions
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Someone who is believed to heal through magical powers WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A witch doctor was originally a type of healer who treated ailments believed to be caused by witchcraft. Wikipedia
A type of practitioner of traditional healing arts Wikipedia Disambiguation
Practice of “magic” for healing purposes Wikidata
A person who is believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magical powers; a shaman. Wiktionary
Person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
sorcerer
occupation
traditional medicine
HAS KIND
conjurer
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
SAID TO BE THE SAME AS
folk healer
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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witch doctor
Wikipedia
EN
witch doctor
Wikidata
EN
witch doctor
Wiktionary
EN
witch doctor
Wikipedia Redirections
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Boyla, Coraji, EJ Da Witch Doctor, Ej da witch doctor, Koradji, Wangateur, witch-doctor, Witch doctor (magic user), witch doctors, witchdoctor
Wikidata Alias
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quackery

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