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单词 maban
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maban

/ˈmɑːban /
noun (plural sameor mabans) Australian
An Aboriginal healer believed to have spiritual powers: if the cause is believed to be supernatural, assistance is sought from a maban sorcery was still practised by maban well into the 1930s...
  • In his mid-80s, he was a stockman, jailbird, cartographer and maban—a tribal honorific meaning with tribal access rights to huge acres of Western Australian bush territory.
  • The scene tells of a maban.
  • The problem discussed in the story relates to the different speed at which each character moves—the wife too slowly, the maban too quickly.

Origin

Early 20th century: probably from an Aboriginal language of the Pilbara region.

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