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знахарь — meaning in English

znakhar

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English meaning

  • healer noun A person who treats or cures illness, especially through non-conventional or spiritual means.
  • 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

знахарь is used for these senses in English:

  • healer One who heals, especially through faith.
  • quack (jocular, _, slang, mildly, _, pejorative) Any doctor.
  • sangoma (South Africa, and, other parts of Southern Africa) A (usually female) traditional healer or herbalist, or witch doctor.
  • 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.
  • witch doctor A person (often male) who is believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magical powers; a shaman.

healer — full definition

  1. noun A person who treats or cures illness, especially through non-conventional or spiritual means.
  2. noun Anything, such as a medicine, that helps cure an ailment.

quack — full definition

  1. noun The harsh, honking sound a duck makes.
  2. verb Of a duck, to make its characteristic call.
  3. noun A person who dishonestly claims medical expertise they don't have, or who peddles fake cures.
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