"head-shrinker" meaning in English

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        "A psychiatrist or psychotherapist; a shrink."
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        "(slang) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist; a shrink."
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          "word": "trick cyclist"
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        "One who shrinks heads, as previously done by some Amazon tribes."
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        "(literally) One who shrinks heads, as previously done by some Amazon tribes."
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          "sense": "one who shrinks the heads of the dead",
          "word": "kallonkutistaja"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "one who shrinks the heads of the dead",
          "word": "fejzsugorító"
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        "A psychiatrist or psychotherapist; a shrink."
      ],
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who shrinks the heads of the dead",
      "word": "kallonkutistaja"
    },
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one who shrinks the heads of the dead",
      "word": "fejzsugorító"
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  "word": "head-shrinker"
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