brujon.
/ˈbruːhəʊ/, /ˈbruːxəʊ/, U.S. /ˈbruˌhoʊ/ Originally and chiefly in Spanish-speaking contexts: a sorcerer, wizard, or witch doctor; a man who practises magic. Cf. bruja n.
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1758 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S.-Amer. II. ii. iii. 214 He was suspected of sorcery, and ever after called Brujo [Sp. Brujo], a sorcerer.
1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. xiv. 322 I was right in supposing them evil brujos.
1918 F. Rolt-Wheeler Aztec-hunters vii. 270 He says his neighbour is a brujo (wizard). He had twisted the palm-leaf three times, saying the wish-chant, and each time it has uncurled and pointed to the brujo's hut.
1953 W. S. Burroughs Let. 18 June (1993) 171 I am now prepared to believe the Brujos do have secrets, and that Yage alone is quite different from Yage prepared with the leaves and plants the Brujos add to it.
2003 New Yorker 15 Dec. 35/3 Ron Howard gets down and dirty with a skillfully directed but rather sadistic Western about a vicious Apache brujo (Eric Schweig), or witch, who hangs rattlers in the trees.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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