witch doctor

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Recent Examples of witch doctor Webber said that groups, called krewes, organize parades and distribute beads featuring characters such as kings and witch doctors. Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025 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. Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024 What, did Orlando City send a staffer to Sacramento’s practice or a witch doctor? Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for witch doctor
Noun
  • Costner cast Greene as real-life Lakota Sioux medicine man Kicking Bird in the film, a epic Western adapted from Michael Blake’s novel.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
  • To today's ear, the elixirs, potions and tonics sold at Haag sound like a traveling medicine man’s inventory: Swamp root, Danderine, Sloan’s Liniment, Catarrh Jelly, Wine of Cardue.
    Indianapolis Star, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • In certain cases, if victims could be made to remember their humanness by a shaman, they could be brought back to their human selves.
    Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
  • As niche as that plot may sound, its story is rooted in Korean tradition, where many shamans in Korea, who tend to be women, perform various rituals to chase demons away from a household or home.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Batman has always been skeptical of magic, but nonetheless gets drawn into an investigation that involves Constantine, Etrigan, Zatanna, Deadman, Black Orchid, and Swamp Thing, leading them all into battle with villainous sorcerer Felix Faust.
    Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
  • For his part, He-Man has a team that includes Battlecat, Man-at-Arms, the sorcerer Orko, Teela, and, uh… Fisto.
    Will Harris, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025

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