Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A woman who practices folk medicine; an herb doctor.

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  • noun A specifically female curandero, or traditional Central American healer

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  • noun a Mexican woman who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[American Spanish, feminine of curandero, healer; see curandero.]

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