Healer
/ˈhilɚ/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who heals, especially through faith.
"faith healer"
- 2 a person skilled in a particular type of therapy wordnet
- 3 Anything that heals; a medicine that heals some wound, injury, ailment, or disease.
Example
More examples"An experienced healer can lift curses and dispel evil eyes."
Etymology
From Middle English helere, the agent noun of heal; analysed as heal + -er. Cognate with Dutch heler (“healer”), German Heiler (“healer”), Icelandic heilari (“healer”).