单词 | curandera |
释义 | curanderan. In Spain and Spanish-speaking contexts: a female healer who uses folk remedies; a female curandero (curandero n.). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > alternative practitioner > [noun] > herbalist proalizer1577 herbalist1592 herbist1611 herbister1623 signaturist1646 curandero1801 root doctor1814 curandera1821 herb-doctor1854 herb-doctressa1864 herbologist1929 sinseh1972 1821 H. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. V. vii. xxii. 244 She was the curandera, the physician of the place [Fr. c'étoit la curandera, le médecin du lieu]. 1943 V. Sackville-West Eagle & Dove i. vi. 35 She was removed..to the village of Becedas, where she was subjected to the excruciating mediaeval treatment of a curandera or medicine-woman. 1984 National Geographic Feb. 233/1 Big Bend country, where Jewel Babb practiced the healing arts of the Mexican curanderas. 2001 R. G. Castro Chicano Folklore 26 Curanderas are sometimes mistaken for witches because of their healing power, but they are also often called upon to undo the work of witches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1821 |
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