folk healer

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• obeah — also obi noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: of African origin; akin to Ibo díbìà folk healer Date: circa 1711 a system of belief among blacks chiefly of the British West Indies and the Guianas that is characterized by the use of magic… …   New Collegiate Dictionary