noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A voodoo practitioner who deals with malefic as well as beneficial effects; a sorcerer.

   "“The bokor who knows the magic can make anyone a zombi—a Haitian living abroad, a foreigner.”"

Example

More examples

"“The bokor who knows the magic can make anyone a zombi—a Haitian living abroad, a foreigner.”"

Etymology

From Haitian Creole bòkò, from Fon bókɔ́nɔ̀ (“soothsayer”).

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