Meanings
plural shawomen
- nonstandardrareA female shaman.
[…]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 382 more examples
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 35The 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 130Synonyms: shamaness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA female shaman.
Origin
Alteration of shaman with -woman by rebracketing through analogy with -man.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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