WITCH DOCTOR

Meaning of WITCH DOCTOR in English

a person in some societies who attempts to cure sickness and to exorcise evil spirits by the use of magic.

[ 1710-20 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

WITCH DOCTOR — mangkukulam
English-Visayan vocabulary
WITCH DOCTOR — noun Date: 1718 a professional worker of magic usually in a primitive society who often works to cure sickness
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WITCH DOCTOR — noun 1. : a professional worker of magic in a primitive society occupying a tribal position similar to that of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WITCH DOCTOR — shaman; quack
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WITCH DOCTOR — Date: 1718 : a professional worker of magic usually in a primitive society who often works to cure sickness
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WITCH DOCTOR — Function: noun Date: 1718 : a professional worker of magic usually in a primitive society who often works to cure …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WITCH DOCTOR — ■ noun a tribal magician credited with powers of healing, divination, and protection against the magic of others.
Concise Oxford English vocab
WITCH DOCTOR — [witch doctor] n (1718): a professional worker of magic usu. in a primitive society who often works to cure sickness
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WITCH DOCTOR — a healer or benevolent worker of magic in a nonliterate society. The term originated in England in the 18th century …
Britannica English vocabulary
WITCH DOCTOR — noun (especially in Africa) a person who is believed to have special magic powers that can be used to heal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITCH-DOCTOR — ˈwitch-ˌdoctor BrE AmE noun [countable] a man who is believed to have magic powers and the ability to cure diseases, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WITCH-DOCTOR — see witch doctor
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITCH DOCTOR — also witch-doctor ( witch doctors) A witch doctor is a person in some societies, for example in Africa, who is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITCH DOCTOR — also witch-doctor (~s) A ~ is a person in some societies, for example in Africa, who is thought to have …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WITCH-DOCTOR — see witch doctor
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WITCH-DOCTOR — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ From this perspective, the witch-doctor is clearly on the side of the angels and his …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WITCH DOCTOR — 25B6; noun MEDICINE MAN, shaman, healer.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WITCH DOCTOR — колдун, знахарь знахарь
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WITCH-DOCTOR — сущ. знахарь, колдун Syn : sorcerer, magician
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WITCH-DOCTOR — _n. колдун, знахарь
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WITCH-DOCTOR — колдун, знахарь
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WITCH DOCTOR — колдун, знахарь
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WITCH DOCTOR — знахарь, шаман, колдун
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WITCH DOCTOR — знахарь, шаман, колдун
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WITCH-DOCTOR — сущ. знахарь, колдун Syn: sorcerer , magician
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WITCH DOCTOR — колдун, знахарь
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WITCH-DOCTOR — сущ. знахарь, колдун Syn: sorcerer, magician
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WITCH DOCTOR — колдун, знахарь
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WITCH-DOCTOR — _n. колдун, знахарь
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
WITCH-DOCTOR — n. колдун, знахарь
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
WITCH-DOCTOR — колдун, знахарь
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
WITCH DOCTOR — Колдун
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
WITCH-DOCTOR — сущ. знахарь, колдун Syn : sorcerer, magician
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WITCH DOCTOR — колдун, знахарь знахарь
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOCTOR — n I. teacher, scholar, learned man; II. doctor (1. as in doctor of philosophy; 2. doctor of medicine, physician); doctor …
Interlingua English vocab
WITCH — sorciera, sorciarda, maga. WITCHCRAFT: sorcieríe
English interlingue dictionary
WITCH — I. ˈwich noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English wyche, from Old English wice, wic; probably akin to Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOCTOR — I. ˈdäktə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doctour, from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French doctour, docteur, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOCTOR — (v. t.) To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; …
Английский словарь Webster
WITCH — — witchhood , n. — witchlike , adj. /wich/ , n. 1. a person, now esp. a woman, who professes …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOCTOR — — doctoral, doctorial /dok tawr"ee euhl, -tohr"-/ , adj. — doctorally, doctorially , adv. — doctorless , adj. — doctorship …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WITCH — I. ˈwich noun Etymology: Middle English wicche, from Old English wicca, masculine, wizard & wicce, feminine, witch; akin to Middle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOCTOR — I. ˈdäk-tər noun Etymology: Middle English doctour teacher, doctor, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin doctor, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WITCH — noun the stormy petrel. 2. witch ·noun an ugly old woman; a hag. 3. witch ·noun a certain curve of …
Webster English vocab
DOCTOR — noun the friar skate. 2. doctor ·vi to practice physic. 3. doctor ·vt to confer a doctorate upon; to make …
Webster English vocab
WITCH — [witch] n [ME wicche, fr. OE wicca, masc., wizard & wicce, fem., witch; akin to MHG wicken to bewitch, OE …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOCTOR — [doc.tor] n [ME doctour teacher, doctor, fr. MF & ML; MF, fr. ML doctor, fr. L, teacher, fr. docere to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WITCH — witch BrE AmE wɪtʃ ▷ witched wɪtʃt ▷ witches ˈwɪtʃ ɪz -əz ▷ witching/ly ˈwɪtʃ ɪŋ /li ▶ ˈ witching …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DOCTOR — doctor, D~ BrE AmE ˈdɒkt ə AmE ˈdɑːkt ə r ▷ doctor|ed d ▷ doctoring ˈdɒkt ə r‿ɪŋ AmE \ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DOCTOR
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITCH — witch /wɪtʃ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: wicca 'wizard' and wicce 'witch' ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOCTOR
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WITCH — n. & v. --n. 1 a sorceress, esp. a woman supposed to have dealings with the devil or evil spirits. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOCTOR — n. & v. --n. 1 a a qualified practitioner of medicine; a physician. b US a qualified dentist or veterinary …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WITCH — n. & v. n. 1 a sorceress, esp. a woman supposed to have dealings with the devil or evil spirits. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOCTOR — n. & v. n. 1 a a qualified practitioner of medicine; a physician. b US a qualified dentist or veterinary …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WITCH — n. & v. --n. 1. a sorceress, esp. a woman supposed to have dealings with the devil or evil spirits. …
Oxford English vocab
DOCTOR — n. & v. --n. 1. a a qualified practitioner of medicine; a physician. b US a qualified dentist or veterinary …
Oxford English vocab
WITCH — ( witches) 1. In fairy stories, a witch is a woman, usually an old woman, who has evil magic powers. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOCTOR — ( doctors, doctoring, doctored) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A doctor …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITCH — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE old ▪ It fitted in with the way the old witch had treated him. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOCTOR — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a doctor prescribes pills (= tells someone to take them ) ▪ Her doctor …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WITCH — [noun] [C] - a woman who is believed to have magical powers and who uses them to harm or help …
Cambridge English vocab
DOCTOR — Synonyms and related words : Doctor of Medicine, GP, MD, Md, abecedarian, abet, adulterate, aid, allopath, allopathist, alter, assist, attend, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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