单词 | native doctor |
释义 | > as lemmasnative doctor native doctor n. originally and chiefly Australian a koradji or medicine man. ΚΠ 1841 G. Grey Jrnls. Two Exped. in N.W. & W. Austral. I. 215 The cave was frequented by some wise man or native doctor, who was resorted to by the inhabitants in cases of disease or witchcraft. 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xv. 167 Native doctors swarm in Mongolia. 1965 Austral. Encycl. I. 68/2 Among..the Wiradjuri of western New South Wales..the native doctor not only practises ‘black’ magic..but may also be an oracle of his group. 2001 Edmonton Sun (Nexis) 16 June 26 Monture, a Mohawk from the Six Nations reserve near the southern Ontario community of Brantford, is only one of two dozen native doctors in all of Canada. < as lemmas |
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