witch-doctor

Noun

witch doctor (plural witch doctors)

1. A person (often male) who is believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magical powers; a shaman.
   • [T]he ſaid Dorothy Durent, having been with a Witch-Doctor, acknowledges upon Oath, that by his Advice, ſhe hang'd up her Child's Blanket in the Chimney, found a Toad in it at Night, had put it into the Fire, and held it there tho' it made a great and horrible Noiſe, and flaſht like Gunpowder, and...1718, Francis Hutchinson, “The Tryal before My Lord Chief Baron Hale”, in An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft. […], London: Printed for R. Knaplock, […], and D. Midwinter, […], →OCLC, page 110
2. (Southern US) A dragonfly.

   Synonyms:

   snake doctor