单词 | powwow-wizard |
释义 | > as lemmaspowwow-wizard General attributive, as powwow-doctor, powwow-wizard, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > powwow > one who practises powwow1624 powwower1646 powwow-doctor1843 powwow-wizard1843 1843 J. G. Whittier in U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Oct. 390/1 Without were ‘dogs and sorcerers’,..Powah wizards, and ‘the foul fiend’. 1901 Scribner's Mag. 3 525 The pow~wow-doctors still repeat over many bedsides the mysterious formulas. 1938 A. Hark Hex Marks Spot 49 He told me about a pow-wow doctor who lives not far from here. 2004 Canad. Geographic July 56/1 He is a contemporary powwow dancer, with a moccasined foot in two worlds. < as lemmas |
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