healer
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healer
- /ˈhiːlə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈhilɚ/ US
Rhymes with -iːlə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English helere, the agent noun of heal; analysed as heal + -er. Cognate with Dutch heler (“healer”), German Heiler (“healer”), Icelandic heilari (“healer”).
noun healers
- One who heals, especially through faith. faith healer
- Anything that heals; a medicine that heals some wound, injury, ailment, or disease.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: therapist, curing, cure, charlatan, quack, hack, medicine, healing, medic, clinician, surgeon, doctor, physician, medicine-man, witchdoctor, herbalist
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noun person who heals
| Español | curandero, santero, sanador |
|---|---|
| Português | curandeiro |
| Français | guérisseur, guérisseuse |
| Deutsch | Heiler, Heilerin |
| Italiano | guaritore |
| Română | vindecător, vindecătoare |
| Русский | цели́тель celítelʹ, зна́харь znáxarʹ |
| العربية | المعالج |
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title = {healer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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