a person in some religions and societies who is believed to be able to contact good and evil spirits and cure people of illnesses
NAmE//ʃəˈmænɪk//, NAmE//ʃəˈmɑnɪk//
adjective NAmE//ˈʃɑmənˌɪzəm//, NAmE//ˈʃeɪmənˌɪzəm//
noun [uncountable]See shaman in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: shaman