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witch doctorstresses
gen. ведун (Anglophile); знахарь
Gruzovik наговорщица; знахарка; наговорщик
dial., obs. ведьмак
esot. колдун (перевод "знахарь" не всегда подходит, напр., в данном случае деревенский житель использовал именно заклинания, а не снадобья, чтобы вернуть корову: In a strange story out of Kenya, a pair of thieves returned a cow that they had stolen after a witch doctor cast a spell that unleashed a swarm of bees upon them. (...) Connecting the stolen cow to Waithera, cops called the woman, who revealed that she had hired a witch doctor to help retrieve the cow and, apparently, his spell was a success. coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver)
Gruzovik, dial. вещуньин; вещун
Gruzovik, obs. ведунья; ведьмак; заговорщик; шептун
inf. наговорщик
inf., dial., obs. шептун
ironic., obs. вещун
relig. шаман (a professional worker of magic usually in a primitive society who often works to cure sickness palomnik)
vernac. дед (в знач. "знахарь/целитель") the term 'witch doctor' is sometimes used to refer to healers, particularly in regions which use traditional healing rather than contemporary medicine 4uzhoj); знахарь (the term "witch doctor" is sometimes used to refer to healers, particularly in regions which use traditional healing rather than contemporary medicine Precious)
witch doctor: 1 phrase in 1 subject
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