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Definition of shaman noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shaman

noun
 
/ˈʃeɪmən/,
 
/ˈʃɑːmən/,
 
/ˈʃæmən/
 
/ˈʃeɪmən/,
 
/ˈʃɑːmən/,
 
/ˈʃæmən/
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  1. a person in some religions and societies who is believed to be able to contact good and evil spirits and cure people of illnessesTopics Religion and festivalsc2
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from German Schamane and Russian shaman, from Tungus šaman.
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