"angakok" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: angakoks [plural]
Etymology: From Greenlandic angakkoq. Etymology templates: {{der|en|kl|angakkoq}} Greenlandic angakkoq Head templates: {{en-noun}} angakok (plural angakoks)
  1. An Inuit shaman. Synonyms: angekok, angakkuq (english: from Eastern Canadian Inuktitut), angatkuq (english: from Inuvialuktun)
    Sense id: en-angakok-en-noun-5szZZC1K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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