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headshrinker

headshrinker

9.9
A person who makes preserved human heads for traditional rituals
  • noun
  • /ˈhɛdˌʃrɪŋkər/
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: cabeza encogedora
  • The headshrinker in the film carefully explained the process of making shrunken heads for the tribe's rituals.

Examples

  • In the documentary, we learned that a headshrinker uses traditional methods to prepare shrunken heads.

  • Local legends tell of a headshrinker who would create beautiful artifacts to honor the spirits of the ancestors.

  • Or what if some headshrinker from the jungle or somewhere shrunk some guy's body?

    Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

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9.9

A person who cuts off and keeps enemy heads as trophies

focuses on preparing preserved skulls as part of a ritual or tradition

Surface Forms

headshrinker singular
headshrinkers plural

Morphology

headshrinker = head + shrinker (transparent) = head + shrink + er

Literal compound of 'head' + 'shrinker' meaning one who shrinks heads, straightforward for learners.

Etymology

Headshrinker is made of head and shrinker, where shrink means 'to make small'. In some cultures a headshrinker was a person who prepared shrunken heads for traditional rituals, so the word literally names that job.