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Definition of Curandero
1. Noun. A Mexican man who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans.
Definition of Curandero
1. Noun. (often italicized) A traditional Central American healer ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Curandero
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Curandero
Literary usage of Curandero
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers' Edinburgh Journal by W. Chambers (1845)
"The arts and sciences are therefore at a low ebb. Medico is chiefly practised by
the quack. He is known ai the curandero, and is of various kinds. ..."
2. Revelations of Spain in 1845 by T. M. Hughes (1845)
"The curandero does the same: with this difference, that he invents his own materia
medica, or takes it from traditional quackery, and the oldest women ..."
3. Revelations of Spain in 1845 by Terence MacMahon Hughes (1845)
"The curandero does the same: with this difference, that he invents his own materia
medica, or takes it from traditional quackery, and the oldest women ..."
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