Definition of "witch doctor" [witch doctor]

• Anthropology A sorcerer, prophet, or shamanistic healer, especially among African peoples. Not in scientific use. (noun)

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• "A witch doctor will probably have provided him with leaves from a teke tree, squashed up and rubbed on his body so that he can ingest its power."