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üfürükçü — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • exorcist noun A person, often a priest, who performs exorcisms to drive out evil spirits.
  • quack noun The harsh, honking sound a duck makes.

Senses

üfürükçü is used for these senses in English:

  • exorcist A person, especially a priest or priestess, who is a masterful practitioner in purification and exorcism to force out evil spirits and/or demons from a living being.
  • faith healer One who uses spiritual means (such as prayer or laying on of hands) in an attempt to heal others.
  • medicine man A Native American shamanistic healer.
  • 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]
  • witch doctor A person (often male) who is believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magical powers; a shaman.

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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