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houngans

houngans is the plural of houngan.

Meaning of houngan

Noun

houngan (plural houngans)

  1. A (male) voodoo priest.
    • The shadow of the houngan, projected from within the tent by the flickering of the candle, dances and glides over the folds of the cloth as he completes his final preparations.1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 48

Questions about houngans

What is houngans the plural of?
Houngans is the plural of houngan.

Words near houngans in the dictionary

  1. Houndwood
  2. houndy
  3. hounfour
  4. hounfours
  5. houngan
  6. houngans
  7. houngenikon
  8. houngenikons
  9. Hounsell
  10. Hounshell
  11. Hounshells

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