mestrón
Asturian
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Noun
editmestrón m (plural mestrones)
- a traditional Asturian healer, a village healer
- L'arna'r castañu y la ocla empliéganles los mestrones por Perlora.
- The bark of the chestnut tree and a certain kind of seaweed are used by the traditional healers in Perlora
Synonyms
edit- insalmador (traditional Asturian healer)
- curanderu (a traditional healer in Northern Spain)
- curandieru (a Leonese healer)
- saludador (another kind of traditional healer in Northern Spain)
- compostor (bone-setter)
- xamán (generally, a shaman or shamanic healer)