healer

healer
healer late O.E., "one who heals," especially "savior, Jesus," agent noun from HEAL (Cf. heal) (v.). As "a curative medicine" from late 14c.

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  • Healer — Heal er (h[=e]l [ e]r), n. One who, or that which, heals. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • healer — /hee leuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that heals. 2. See faith healer. [1175 1225; ME; see HEAL, ER1] * * * …   Universalium

  • healer — noun Healer is used after these nouns: ↑faith …   Collocations dictionary

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