outfit doctor
outfit doctor noun: a doctor (shaman) in certain cultures who was a doctor by virtue of their magical paraphernalia and the techniques they learned, rather than from supernatural experiences such as dreams and visions.
Noun
outfit doctor (plural outfit doctors)
- A doctor (shaman) in certain cultures who was a doctor by virtue of their magical paraphernalia and the techniques they learned, rather than from supernatural experiences such as dreams and visions.
- An outfit doctor was initiated by the relative whose place he was to take and whose outfit he inherited.1926, Edwin M. Loeb, “Pomo Folkways”, in University of California Publications in Anthropology, Archaeology & Ethnology, volume 19, number 2, page 326
- There was none of the specialization of shamans found in adjacent areas. The social pattern demanded no rattlesnake shamans, no weather shamans, no bear shamans, no outfit doctors, no exclusive poisoners.1935, Cora Du Bois, “Wintu Ethnography”, in University of California Publications in Anthropology, Archaeology & Ethnology, volume 36, number 1, page 88
Forms of outfit doctor
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Questions about outfit doctor
- What does outfit doctor mean?
- Outfit doctor means a doctor (shaman) in certain cultures who was a doctor by virtue of their magical paraphernalia and the techniques they learned, rather than from supernatural experiences such as dreams and visions.
- What part of speech is outfit doctor?
- Outfit doctor is a noun.
- What is the plural of outfit doctor?
- The plural of outfit doctor is outfit doctors.
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