witch doctor
noun
: a professional worker of magic usually in a primitive society who often works to cure sickness
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While Keaton did not elaborate on the shrunken head room, the first film featured a scene in which Beetlejuice’s own head gets shrunk by a witch doctor who also shrunk the head of a hunter.
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Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
On the other chair was Sincere Seven, the 43-year-old master of this ceremony, who calls himself a multidimensional travel agent, spiritual tour guide, medicine man and witch doctor.
—John Carlisle, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2022
What, 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
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Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
On the other chair was Sincere Seven, the 43-year-old master of this ceremony, who calls himself a multidimensional travel agent, spiritual tour guide, medicine man and witch doctor.
—John Carlisle, Freep.com, 18 Aug. 2022
What, 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
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