"houngan" meaning in Français

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Noun

Forms: houngans [plural]
  1. Prêtre vaudou.
    Sense id: fr-houngan-fr-noun-N88e7q4T Categories (other): Lexique en français du vaudou, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: houngan cha-cha

Inflected forms

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