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| has gloss | (noun) someone who is believed to heal through magical powers witch doctor |
| has gloss | eng: A witch doctor often refers to a healer in undeveloped regions who use traditional and sometimes out of date methods rather than modern medicine or science. |
| has gloss | eng: A witch doctor originally referred to a type of cunning man who treated ailments believed to be caused by witchcraft. It is currently used to refer to healers in some third world regions, who use traditional healing rather than contemporary medicine. |
| lexicalization | eng: Witch doctor |
| lexicalization | eng: Witchdoctor |
| subclass of | (noun) one who practices magic or sorcery thaumaturgist, sorcerer, thaumaturge, necromancer, magician, wizard |
| has subclass | (noun) a witch doctor who practices conjury conjuror, conjurer, conjure man |
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| Danish | |
| lexicalization | dan: heks |
| German | |
| lexicalization | deu: Zauberer |
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| lexicalization | deu: Wunderheiler |
| lexicalization | deu: Medizinmann |
| Finnish | |
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| lexicalization | fin: noitatohtori |
| French | |
| lexicalization | fra: sorcier |
| lexicalization | fra: sorcier guérisseur |
| Italian | |
| lexicalization | ita: mago |
| lexicalization | ita: stregone |
| Japanese | |
| has gloss | jpn: 呪術医（じゅじゅつい）または魔法医（まほうい）とは、呪術や薬草などを用いて病気や怪我・または社会不安を取り除く民間療法の上での医師（医療行為を行う者）である。神秘主義の一種であると共に、民間医療の草分けとされる。 |
| lexicalization | jpn: 呪術医 |
| Korean | |
| lexicalization | kor: 마술사 |
| Macedonian | |
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| lexicalization | mkd: врач |
| Malay (macrolanguage) | |
| has gloss | msa: Bomoh merujuk kepada ahli perubatan tradisional dalam masyarakat Melayu dahulu kala. Bomoh mengubat berdasarkan kepada penggunaan tumbuh-tumbuhan dan haiwan. Sekiranya sesuatu penyakit gagal disembuhkan, bomoh akan berpaling kepada kepercayaan kepada kekuasaan roh dari alam sekeliling, yang merupakan satu cara hidup sebelum ajaran Islam berkembang di nusantara bagi mengubat pesakit. |
| lexicalization | msa: Bomoh |
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| lexicalization | msa: bomoh |
| lexicalization | msa: dukun |
| Dutch | |
| lexicalization | nld: tovenaar |
| Portuguese | |
| lexicalization | por: feiticeiro |
| Castilian | |
| has gloss | spa: Witchdoctor A.K.A. EJ Da Witch Doctor (nacido como Erin Gerard Johnson en Atlanta, Georgia) es un miembro del colectivo de hip-hop Dungeon Family. Tiene dos álbumes, una mixtape, un libro y un nuevo álbum para editar. |
| lexicalization | spa: brujo |
| lexicalization | spa: Witchdoctor |
| lexicalization | spa: hechicero |
| Swedish | |
| lexicalization | swe: trollkarl |
| Thai | |
| lexicalization | tha: หมอผี |
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| similar | e/Witch doctor |
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| media:img | Lassa witch doctors.jpg |
| media:img | Shona witch doctor (Zimbabwe).jpg |
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