ALL meanings of shaman
sha·man
S s - noun shaman tribal healer 1
- noun shaman (especially among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc. 1
- countable noun shaman A shaman is a priest or priestess in shamanism. 0
- countable noun shaman Among some Native American peoples, a shaman is a person who is believed to have powers to heal sick people or to remove evil spirits from them. 0
- noun shaman a priest of shamanism 0
- noun shaman a medicine man of a similar religion, esp among certain tribes of North American Indians 0
- noun shaman a priest or medicine man, esp. among N Asian peoples, who is believed able to heal and to foretell the future through communication with good and evil spirits 0