Bocor
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /boʊˈkoɹ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bocor is a noun meaning (voodoo) A voodoo practitioner who deals with malefic as well as beneficial effects; a sorcerer.
Meaning
(voodoo) A voodoo practitioner who deals with malefic as well as beneficial effects; a sorcerer.
Example Sentences
“The bokor who knows the magic can make anyone a zombi—a Haitian living abroad, a foreigner.”
A bòkò is an entrepreneur, and has a reputation as a man who will “work with both hands,” that is, for healing and revenge.
The corpse is buried in all solemnity, and two days later, at dead of night, the bocor digs it up, stops feeding it salt, and has himself a zombie.
It seemed to him that he was […] surrendering all agency and becoming hers to command, as if she were a Haitian bokor and he at lunch at Bergdorf Goodman had been administered the so-called zombie's cucumber which confused his thought processes and made him her slave for life.
Word Forms
- bocors
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bokor, voodoo, hoodoo, boyla, hocus-pocus, bogywoman.
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