root doctor
US regional (chiefly southern )
noun
A person who uses roots and other plant-based medicines for healing purposes.
- The distinction between a conjuror and a healer is not always clear-cut, especially in southern African-American use..
Origin
Early 19th century.
- arriviste
- arrière-pensée
- arrogance
- arrogant
- arrogantly
- arrogate
- arrogation
- arrondissement
- arrow
- arrow arum
- arrowed
- arrowgrass
- arrowhead
- Arrow, Kenneth Joseph
- arrow key
- arrow of time (or time's arrow)
- arrow poison
- arrow-poison frog
- arrow prayer
- arrowroot
- arrow slit
- arrow-straight
- arrow worm
- arrowy
- arroyo