witch doctor

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɪtʃ ˌdɒktə/
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• General-American: /ˈwɪtʃ ˌdɑktɚ/
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No etymology was provided for this word.

109 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: طَبِيب سَاحِر (ṭabīb sāḥir) — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Armenian: հեքիմ (hekʻim) — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Belarusian: шама́н (šamán) — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Belarusian: зна́хар (znáxar) — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Bulgarian: знахар (znahar) — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Bulgarian: шаман (šaman) — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Canela: caj — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Catalan: adobant — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Catalan: remeier — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Catalan: guaridor — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Catalan: xaman — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Catalan: taumaturg — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Chichewa: sing'anga — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Chinese Mandarin: 巫醫 /巫医 (wūyī) — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Czech: šaman — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Danish: heksedoktor — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Dutch: sjamaan — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Esperanto: ŝamano — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Finnish: noitatohtori — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Finnish: poppamies — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• French: guérisseur — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• French: guérisseuse — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Galician: bieiteira — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Galician: curandeiro — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Galician: meigo — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Galician: meiga — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Galician: menciñeiro — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Galician: menciñeira — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Georgian: ექიმბაში (ekimbaši) — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Georgian: ჯადოქარი (ǯadokari) — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Georgian: გრძნეული (grʒneuli) — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• German: Hexendoktor — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• German: Hexendoktorin — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• German: Medizinmann — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• German: Medizinfrau — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Hebrew: רוֹפֵא אֱלִיל (rofé elíl) — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Icelandic: galdralæknir — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Indonesian: dukun santet — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Italian: sciamano — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Italian: sciamana — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Italian: stregone — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Italian: stregona — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Italian: taumaturgo — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Italian: taumaturga — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Japanese: 呪術医 (jujutsui) — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Kongo: nganga — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Korean: 주술사 (jusulsa) — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Kyrgyz: эмчилик (emcilik) — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Lingala: nganga-nkísi — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Macedonian: врач (vrač) — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Macedonian: врачарка (vračarka) — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Malay: bomoh — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Malay: dukun — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Malay: pawang — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Māori: tohunga mākutu — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Norwegian Bokmål: heksedoktor — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Norwegian Nynorsk: heksedoktor — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Nyole (Uganda): omulogo class 1 — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Polish: szaman — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Polish: szamanka — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Polish: uzdrowiciel — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Polish: uzdrowicielka — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Polish: znachor — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Polish: znachorka — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Polish: zamawiacz — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Polish: zamawiaczka — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Polish: szeptun — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Polish: szeptunka — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Polish: szeptucha — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Portuguese: curandeiro — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Portuguese: curandeira — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Portuguese: xamã — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Portuguese: pajé — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Quechua: jampiri — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Romanian: șaman — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Romanian: vrăjitor — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Romanian: vraci — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Russian: шама́н (šamán) — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Russian: зна́харь (znáxarʹ) — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Samoan: bonudatra — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Serbo-Croatian: врач — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Serbo-Croatian: вра̀чара — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Serbo-Croatian: vrȃč — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Serbo-Croatian: vràčara — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Spanish: brujo — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Spanish: bruja — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Spanish: curandero — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Spanish: curandera — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Spanish: hechicero — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Spanish: hechicera — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Spanish: nahual — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Swahili: mganga — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Swedish: häxdoktor — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Tagalog: albularyo — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Tswana: ngaka — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Tumbuka: muhaŵi — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Turkish: bakşı — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Turkish: büyücü — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Turkish: Camanbay — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Turkish: kam — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Turkish: otacı — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Turkish: üfürükçü — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Turkish: şaman — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Ukrainian: шама́н (šamán) — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Ukrainian: зна́хар (znáxar) — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Vietnamese: thầy mo — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Vietnamese: thầy phù thuỷ — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Xhosa: igqirha — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic
• Zulu: isangoma — person believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magic