curandero en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish curandero.
Meanings
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A traditional Central American healer.
It was left for the curandero to work alone, to seek a solution in a stronger source, in some supernatural realm that might break a normal man.
1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 36:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| curanderoes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| curanderos | Number=Plur | lexicographic |