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单词 bruja
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brujan.

Brit. /ˈbruːhə/, /ˈbruːxə/, U.S. /ˈbruhə/, /ˈbruˌhɑ/
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish bruja.
Etymology: < Spanish bruja (female) sorcerer (c1400), of unknown origin, apparently a loanword < a pre-Romance substratum language. Compare brujo n.
Originally and chiefly in Spanish-speaking contexts: a sorceress, witch, or witch doctor; a woman who practises magic. Cf. brujo n.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [noun]
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1829 J. T. de Trueba y Cosío Castilian II. viii. 242 Nobles, and clergy, and ricos-homes, soldiers, courtiers, sabidores, and brujas—all, all, are against their lawful king.
1850 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 6 410 The famous plain or plateau of Baraona, celebrated in the annals of Spanish fairies (Brujas or Witches), between Medinaceli and Almazan in Old Castille.
1948 B. Griffith Amer. Me ii. iii. 135 Occasionally the children have unforgettable experiences with brujas or curanderas. ‘My father had cancer of the lungs cause he worked in cement. He deserted my mother and went to live with the grandmother of my cousin who was a bruja—a witch doctor.’
1984 P. Mora Chants 30 The small body is still, As the bruja plucks the ruby and emerald feathers: soft pillow for her grandchild's head.
2015 New Mexico Daily Lobo (Nexis) 17 Mar. 1 Talk of brujas, death, spells and tamales blend into a Chicano magical realism that feels real, lived in, and familiar.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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