medicine man

noun3

1. •
   A Native American shamanistic healer.

   • And the Jossakeeds, the Prophets, The Wabenos, the Magicians, And the Medicine-men, the Medas, Painted upon bark and deer-skin Figures for the songs they chanted — 1855
2. •
   A traditional healer among other indigenous or ancient peoples.

   • "I'm sorry kiddies," he said, "but I haven't very much faith in Medicine Men." — 1943
3. •
   The pitchman at a medicine show.

   • the medicine man offered free entertainment in exchange for an opportunity to sell hope to a nation of individually troubled people. — 1991