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shamans

/ˈʃɑː.mənz/

shamans is the plural of shaman.

Meaning of shaman

Noun

shaman (plural shamans or (hypercorrect) shamen)

  1. A traditional faith healer.
    Synonyms:
    witch doctor
  2. A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds; sometimes also a healer.
    • Near-synonyms: medicine man, medicine woman, priest-doctor, witch doctor

Phrases with shamans

Questions about shamans

What is shamans the plural of?
Shamans is the plural of shaman.
How do you pronounce shamans?
Shamans is pronounced /ˈʃɑː.mənz/.

Words near shamans in the dictionary

  1. shamanizes
  2. shamanizing
  3. shamanlike
  4. shamanly
  5. shamanry
  6. shamans
  7. shamanship
  8. Shamar
  9. shamas
  10. shamash
  11. shamashes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shamans (page history and authors); shaman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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