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curandera

n. (context often italicized English) A specifically female curandero, or traditional Central American healer

WordNet
curandera

n. a Mexican woman who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans

Usage examples of "curandera".

The girl said that he needed to find some wise man with whom he could discuss his difficulties or perhaps a curandera and the younger girl said that he should pray to God.

Or perhaps his kind had other, less pleasant uses for las curanderas tontas who were so foolish as to stumble into such a situation in the first place.