Wondering how to use Obeahman in a sentence? Below are 2 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Obeahman in a sentence
Obeahman meaning
A male practitioner of obeah.
Using Obeahman
- The main meaning on this page is: A male practitioner of obeah.
- In the example corpus, obeahman often appears in combinations such as: an obeahman.
Context around Obeahman
- Average sentence length in these examples: 38.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Obeahman
- In this selection, "obeahman" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 38.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include killed an obeahman was captured and of the obeahman s boast. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "obeahman" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with obeahman
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Obeahmen (Caribbean witch doctors) quickly circulated around the camp dispensing a powder that they claimed would protect the men from injury in battle and loudly proclaimed that an Obeahman could not be killed. (33 words)
When the militia learned of the Obeahman's boast of not being able to be killed, an Obeahman was captured, killed and hung with his mask, ornaments of teeth and bone and feather trimmings at a prominent place visible from the encampment of rebels. (44 words)
When the militia learned of the Obeahman's boast of not being able to be killed, an Obeahman was captured, killed and hung with his mask, ornaments of teeth and bone and feather trimmings at a prominent place visible from the encampment of rebels. (44 words)
Obeahmen (Caribbean witch doctors) quickly circulated around the camp dispensing a powder that they claimed would protect the men from injury in battle and loudly proclaimed that an Obeahman could not be killed. (33 words)
Example sentences (2)
When the militia learned of the Obeahman's boast of not being able to be killed, an Obeahman was captured, killed and hung with his mask, ornaments of teeth and bone and feather trimmings at a prominent place visible from the encampment of rebels.
Obeahmen (Caribbean witch doctors) quickly circulated around the camp dispensing a powder that they claimed would protect the men from injury in battle and loudly proclaimed that an Obeahman could not be killed.
Common combinations with obeahman
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an obeahman 2×