medicine woman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A female Native American (or, any other indigenous) shamanistic healer.
    — Near-synonym: shaman

词形变化

medicine women plural

词源

Probably a calque of Ojibwe mashkikiiwininiikwe (“female doctor”), from mashkiki (“medicine”) + inini (“man”) + ikwe (“woman”).
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