: a professional worker of magic usually in a primitive society who often works to cure sickness
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Recent Examples on the WebWhat, did Orlando City send a staffer to Sacramento’s practice or a witch doctor? Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022 But a witch doctor told them their girls, Victorine and Victoria Nikiema, needed to beg for money on the side of the road or risk being killed by a family member’s spirit. Sam Mednick, ajc, 26 Dec. 2021 Zagre and her husband, Ousmane Nikiema, visited a witch doctor after giving birth to both sets of twins. Sam Mednick, ajc, 26 Dec. 2021 They are driven by dream requests and witch doctor instructions, mothers told The Associated Press. Sam Mednick, ajc, 26 Dec. 2021 Fine, the witch doctor (played by Keener) acknowledges. Andy Meek, BGR, 10 Aug. 2021 However, getting policy statements from the Center of the American Experiment on how to do this is like getting cancer treatment advice from a witch doctor.Star Tribune, 26 Jan. 2021 Signs turned up showing me dressed like an African witch doctor with a bone through my nose. Barack Obama, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2020 While the witch doctor is depicted as a positive source of African wisdom, energy and healing, Fontenaille’s black magic is dismissed as a dangerous colonial import. Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2019 See More