medicine woman
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medicine woman
Where it comes from
Probably a calque of Ojibwe mashkikiiwininiikwe (“female doctor”), from mashkiki (“medicine”) + inini (“man”) + ikwe (“woman”).
noun medicine women
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A female Native American (or, any other indigenous) shamanistic healer.
Near-synonym: shaman
Similar: shaman
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noun shamanistic healer
| Français | femme-médecine, sorcière |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Medizinfrau |
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@misc{medicine_woman_2026,
title = {medicine woman},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/medicine%20woman},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
