plural shamans
1
: a priest or priestess who uses magic for the purpose of curing the sick, divining the hidden, and controlling events
2
: one who resembles a shaman
especially
: high priest sense 3
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Costa Rica has the jungle shaman who’ll realign your spleen and sell you ayahuasca in a biodegradable pouch.
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Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Trump’s followers may communicate through memes and message boards, but their faith belongs to a much older mythology: the eternal face-off between shaman and witch, prophet and cabal.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
Head Over Heels is a fantasy rom-com about a high school student/shaman, Seong-A, played by Cho.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Moto Moto, run by the spunky Rashida (Arica Jackson) and emceed by the exuberant Ahmed (Nick Rashad Burroughs) becomes a hotbed of heterogeneity (there’s even a shaman) in a culture that is otherwise intolerant of mixing.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Trump’s followers may communicate through memes and message boards, but their faith belongs to a much older mythology: the eternal face-off between shaman and witch, prophet and cabal.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
Head Over Heels is a fantasy rom-com about a high school student/shaman, Seong-A, played by Cho.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Moto Moto, run by the spunky Rashida (Arica Jackson) and emceed by the exuberant Ahmed (Nick Rashad Burroughs) becomes a hotbed of heterogeneity (there’s even a shaman) in a culture that is otherwise intolerant of mixing.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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“Shaman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shaman. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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