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‖ curandero, n.|kuranˈdero|
Fem. -era |-era|.
[Sp., f. curar to cure, f. L. cūrāre.]
In Spain and Latin America: a healer who uses folk remedies, esp. in the treatment of poisonous bites and stings; a herb doctor.
1943V. Sackville-West Eagle & Dove i. vi. 35 She was removed..to the village of Becedas, where she was subjected to the excruciating mediaeval treatment of a curandera or medicine-woman. 1955A. Huxley Let. 27 Aug. (1969) 761 Mr Wasson's curandero..was under mushroom trance..in Mexico. 1963J. R. Peavey Echoes from Rio Grande iv. 29 When a cure was effected it was not the medicine but the profound faith the patients had in the ‘curandero’ that accounted for their ultimate recovery. 1984Nat. Geographic Feb. 233/1 Big Bend country, where Jewel Babb practiced the healing arts of the Mexican curanderas. |