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To today's ear, the elixirs, potions and tonics sold at Haag sound like a traveling medicine man’s inventory: Swamp root, Danderine, Sloan’s Liniment, Catarrh Jelly, Wine of Cardue.
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Indianapolis Star, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The dance began a century ago when an Ojibwe medicine man’s granddaughter fell sick.
—Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Lee-Gatewood said among those lost to the virus was a respected medicine man, whose deep knowledge of traditional ceremonies was invaluable.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Throughout the ceremony's four days of observances and events, the young woman is guided and advised by her medicine man.
—Alejandra Rubio, NPR, 29 Mar. 2025
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Indianapolis Star, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The dance began a century ago when an Ojibwe medicine man’s granddaughter fell sick.
—Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Lee-Gatewood said among those lost to the virus was a respected medicine man, whose deep knowledge of traditional ceremonies was invaluable.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Throughout the ceremony's four days of observances and events, the young woman is guided and advised by her medicine man.
—Alejandra Rubio, NPR, 29 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicine man
Noun
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Webber said that groups, called krewes, organize parades and distribute beads featuring characters such as kings and witch doctors.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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While Keaton did not elaborate on the shrunken head room, the first film featured a scene in which Beetlejuice’s own head gets shrunk by a witch doctor who also shrunk the head of a hunter.—
Eric Andersson,
Peoplemag,
19 Feb. 2024
Noun
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The book details the life and otherworldly visions of Black Elk, the Oglala Lakota healer and shaman who bore witness to the horrors of white settler colonialism firsthand, including at the battles of Little Big Horn (1876) and Wounded Knee (1890).—
Shannon Taggart,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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The spa In addition to classic spa services like facials and massages, the Post Ranch spa offers more esoteric experiences including shaman sessions (for both individuals and couples), a power animal drum journey, astrology, energy balancing, and forest meditation.—
Lauren Sloss,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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The women in the corps are swans because of a spell cast on them by a sorcerer named von Rothbart.—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Feb. 2026
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The board voted unanimously 10-10 to hand Mickey’s famous sorcerer’s hat to D’Amaro.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Medicine man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicine%20man. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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