| 单词 | root woman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroot woman root woman n. (a) (probably) a woman who sells root vegetables (rare); (b) (chiefly U.S.) a female root doctor or root worker. ΚΠ 1793 Sentimental & Masonic Mag. Sept. 253 Nor will he despise the filth and rubbish of a root-woman's cellar. 1839 Monthly Mag. 1 418 I left my art to root-women and priests. 1955 H. Lewis Blackways of Kent iii. 77 One elderly informant told about her sister who was seized in her youth with a state that caused her to turn around and around. A ‘root woman’ was called in. 2005 S. Y. Mitchem in L. L. Barnes & S. S. Sered Relig. & Healing in Amer. xvii. 284 From the granny midwives to the folk-doctoring root women to spiritual healers, women have been an integral part of black communities' experiences of healing. < as lemmas |
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