healer
Meaning
- One who heals, especially through faith.
- Anything that heals; a medicine that heals some wound, injury, ailment, or disease.
Synonyms
traditional healer
wise woman
one who heals
traditional health practitioner
medicineman
medicine-man
witch-doctor
Translations
curandero
Medizinmann
curandero
curandeiro Heilkundiger
guérisseur traditionnelFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhiːlə(ɹ)/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English helere, the agent noun of heal; analysed as heal + -er. Cognate with Dutch heler (“healer”), German Heiler (“healer”), Icelandic heilari (“healer”).
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