dukun — meaning in English
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English meaning
- charlatan noun A person who pretends to have skill or knowledge they don't actually have, usually to trick people out of money.
- magician noun A performer of illusions and tricks designed to look like magic.
- quack noun The harsh, honking sound a duck makes.
- shaman noun A person believed to act as a go-between between the human and spirit worlds, often serving as a healer within their community.
Senses
dukun is used for these senses in English:
- charlatan A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.
- magician A person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic.
- quack (pejorative) A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients [from c. 1630]
- shaman A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a spiritual or religious medium between the concrete and spirit worlds; sometimes also a healer.
magician — full definition
- noun A performer of illusions and tricks designed to look like magic.
- noun A person believed to practice real magic or sorcery, especially in fiction and folklore.
- noun Someone remarkably skilled at a craft, as if by magic.