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Kahuna

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A priest or priestess of the traditional Hawaiian religion. Hawaii

    "They were kāhuna, practitioners of the old Hawaiian religion, apparently offering themselves as sacrifices to appease the gods so that the queen would be restored."

  2. 2
    A great surfer.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian kahuna (“shaman, wizard”).

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