healer
/ˈhiːlə
/noun
1A person who claims to be able to cure a disease or injury using special powers: a spiritual healer and medium his parents consulted a traditional healer for help...
- His reputation as a healer began to attract a number of students.
- Tribesmen were known as healers of wounds and snake bites.
- He practices as a natural healer, a medium, and a clairvoyant.
1.1A person or thing that mends or repairs something: aloe vera is a superb healer of the alimentary canal figurative a healer of some of the rifts in the church...
- The gel is known to be a remarkably effective healer of wounds and burns.
- Steve is a healer of damaged laptops.
- It is used as an anti-inflammatory tonic and healer of bones and tissues.
1.2Something that alleviates a person’s distress or anguish: time is the best healer sport is a great healer that allows some kind of distraction...
- It would be better said that time well spent is a healer of all wounds.
- This movie could be a healer in that region, bringing the two sides together.
- Ten years later, he says time has been a healer for himself, his wife, and two children.
