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sha⋅man

  [shah-muhn, shey-, sham-uhn]
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–noun
(esp. among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.
Origin:
1690–1700; < G Schamane < Russ shamán, prob. < Evenki šamān, samān

Related forms:
sha⋅man⋅ic  [shuh-man-ik] , adjective
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sha·man   (shä'mən, shā'-)   
n.  A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a medium between the visible world and an invisible spirit world and who practices magic or sorcery for purposes of healing, divination, and control over natural events.

[Russian, from Tungus šaman, Buddhist monk, shaman, from Tocharian B ṣamāne, monk, from Prakrit ṣamana, from Sanskrit śramaṇaḥ, from śrámaḥ, religious exercise.]
sha·man'ic (shə-mān'ĭk) adj.
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Shaman

Sha"man\, n. [From the native name.] A priest of Shamanism; a wizard among the Shamanists.
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shaman 
1698, "priest of the Ural-Altaic peoples," probably via Ger. Schamane, from Rus. shaman, from Tungus shaman, which is perhaps from Chinese sha men "Buddhist monk," from Prakrit samaya-, from Skt. sramana-s "Buddhist ascetic."
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