Meaning of witch doctor | Babel Free
ˈwɪtʃ ˌdɒktəDefinitions
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“[T]he ſaid Dorothy Durent, having been with a Witch-Doctor, acknowledges upon Oath, that by his Advice, ſhe hang'd up her Child's Blanket in the Chimney, found a Toad in it at Night, had put⟳ it into the Fire, and held it there tho' it made a great and horrible Noiſe, and flaſht like⟳ Gunpowder, and went off like⟳ a Piſtol, and then became inviſible, and that by this the Priſoner was ſcorch'd and burn'd lamentably.”
“Some people are so foolish as to go to a witch-doctor when they have⟳ Cows in this complaint [prematurely parting with their unborn calves]:—they give⟳ him some money, and he tells them some frivolous tale, such as that some person that wishes them bad luck, or looks upon them with an evil eye, [...]”
“At that consultation, according to the habit of a witch-doctor, he divined and announced the occasion of their attendance, and indicated the complainant, Mdungazwe, as the wizard who had caused Ranise to suffer⟳.”
“I told the witch doctor I was in love⟳ with you / And then the witch doctor he told me what to do”
“Review⟳ of the literature cited in the bibliography of the present⟳ paper left this author with the impression that there is indeed a very widespread institution variously labelled by Western observers with epithets such as medicine-man, shaman, witch-doctor, native healer, or with indigenous terms such as angakok (Eskimo), or mganga (Swahili).”
“In much of popular Western literature, the non-Western professional who attends to the relief of distress and alleviation of anxiety in his society is known by many names, none of them exactly respectful. He is a medicine man or a witch doctor, native healer or voodoo sorcerer—the "quack," so to speak⟳, never the "doctor."”
“The man being led into the Cage did not strike⟳ me as a witchdoctor. Slim and tall, he was a middle-aged man with a fuzzy Afro which made him look⟳ even younger.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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