Dictionary

shawoman en · NOUN

Etymology

Alteration of shaman with -woman by rebracketing through analogy with -man.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard, rare) A female shaman.
   • Even Doreen Seaweed the west coast shawoman never reached the public with such an impact. 1991, George Bowering, “The Stump”, in Douglas Barbour, editor, Beyond Tish, Edmonton, Alta.: NeWest Publishers Limited, →ISBN, page 35:
   • The figure of shaman appears often, but I wonder why not shawoman, since so many of the impressive three-dimensional sculptures are made by women. 2007, Soraya Erian, Mystic Loon, Ottawa, Ont.: Borealis Press, →ISBN, page 130:
   • […]running up against some powerful shawoman[…] 1993, Gregory A. Scofield, “Just Medicine”, in The Gathering: Stones for the Medicine Wheel, Vancouver, B.C.; Winlaw, B.C.: Polestar Book Publishers, →ISBN, page 38:

Forms

Synonyms

shamaness