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[ hee-ler ] / ˈhi lər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR healer ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person or thing that heals. faith healer. Origin of healerMiddle English word dating back to 1175–1225; see origin at heal, -er1 Words nearby healerheadwork, heady, heal, heal-all, healee, healer, Healey, healing, healing by first intention, healing by second intention, healing by third intention Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for healerHer grandfather had been a physician and healer who—according to family lore—married a descendant of the Osage or Pawnee tribes. Those Kansas City Blues: A Family History|Katie Baker|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST Elected in 2005, Morales was hailed as a people's hero and even as a healer. Is Edward Snowden Bound for Bolivia? Evo Morales Sure Seems to Hope So|Eli Lake, Mac Margolis|July 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST His father coined the word “poliatrist”, meaning a healer of the polis or city. Hector Abad On “Oblivion: A Memoir,” a Memorial to His Murdered Father|Maya Jaggi|April 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST Anaya recalled that decades ago certain New Mexico schools banned Bless Me, Ultima, whose protagonist is a curandera, or healer. Arizona Ethnic-Studies Ban’s Unintended Result: Underground Libraries|Megan Feldman|March 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In fablelike fashion, characters are named for their professions: Healer, Jeweler, Stranger. Must Reads: Wild Abandon, Ramona Ausubel, A.S. Byatt|Nicholas Mancusi, Jennifer Miller, Allen Barra|March 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST Nature meant him to be a healer; for he brightens up a sick room as he did the Merton station when first I set eyes upon him. The Stark Munro Letters|J. Stark Munro The Healer lit a candle, took his sealing-wax, and set to work. The City Curious|Jean de Bosschre She should be the helper and healer in this battered old world. The Lamp of Fate|Margaret Pedler Likewise he is a healer in a mighty storm or in the time of storm. Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes|Howard W. Odum From remote antiquity the fee of the healer has been regarded as a voluntary offering for services gratuitously rendered. A Book about Doctors|John Cordy Jeaffreson
Words related to healershaman, physician, therapist, doctor, mender, medicine man, curer |