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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At the end of one episode Seong-A and another shaman Yeomhwa (Choo Ja-hyun) perform a beautiful flower lantern dance.
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Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Funnel Beaker groups were typically pretty egalitarian, but the larger, megalithic tombs were created for important members of their community like a leader, a priest or a shaman, specialist Artur Golis told the PAP.
—Irene Wright
july 14, Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
Her larger-than-life ego and past as a shaman make Player 044 come off as arrogant and selfish, getting under just about everyone's skin.
—EW.com, 4 July 2025
Costa Rica has the jungle shaman who’ll realign your spleen and sell you ayahuasca in a biodegradable pouch.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Funnel Beaker groups were typically pretty egalitarian, but the larger, megalithic tombs were created for important members of their community like a leader, a priest or a shaman, specialist Artur Golis told the PAP.
—Irene Wright
july 14, Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
Her larger-than-life ego and past as a shaman make Player 044 come off as arrogant and selfish, getting under just about everyone's skin.
—EW.com, 4 July 2025
Costa Rica has the jungle shaman who’ll realign your spleen and sell you ayahuasca in a biodegradable pouch.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for shaman
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“Shaman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shaman. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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