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bocor

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[boh-kawr] / boʊˈkɔr /
Sometimes bokor

noun

  1. a malevolent Vodou priest of Haiti.

Etymology

Origin of bocor

First recorded in 1925–30; from Haitian Creole boco(r), bòkò “sorcerer, magician”

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Both Davis and Douyon heard stories about a graveyard ritual in which the bocor pounds on the earth and awakens the victim, but neither was able to witness it.

From Time Magazine Archive

The psychiatrist obtained a sample of a coma-inducing toxin from a bocor.

From Time Magazine Archive

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