(among certain peoples, esp Native Americans) a person believed to have supernatural powers of healing; a magician or sorcerer
Examples of 'medicine men' in a sentence
medicine men
These have been gathered from medicine-men, elders and experienced informants.
P. S. Patil¹*, Patil M.V.² and D. A. Patil ³ 2011, 'Investigation on folkloric medicines in Badwani district (M.P.) India', Current Botanyhttps://updatepublishing.com/journal/index.php/cb/article/view/1378. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Turnduns carved with imitations of water- flowers are used by medicine-men in rain-making.
Andrew Lang Custom and Myth (1884). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)
Ethnomedicinal data was accessed through structural interviews, and discussions with the tribal/rural informants, healers, medicine-men/women, etc.
Swati Sharma, Akanksha Thakur, Priti Verma, Sweta Kumari, Shikha Sharma, Vikrant Arya 2012, 'Ethnomedicinal wisdom among local tribes in Hamirpur valley, Himachal Pradesh, India',Journal of Medical and Allied Scienceshttp://www.jmas.in/Vol2Issue2/Ethnomedicinal%20wisdom%20among%20local%20tribes%20in%20%20%20Hamirpur%20valley,%20Himachal%20Pradesh,%20India.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)