curandero

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noun

A traditional Central American healer.

OriginSpanish curandero →
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Meanings

nouncurandero (plural curanderos or curanderoes)

plural curanderos · plural curanderoes

  1. 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

Origin

  1. Spanishcurandero
  2. Spanishcurandero
  3. Englishcurandero

Borrowed from Spanish curandero.

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APA

curandero. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curandero

MLA

“curandero.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curandero. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “curandero,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curandero.

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