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Meanings of healer in English

Russian
целитель
Spanish
curadora
Catalan
sanador
Wikidata

Unlicensed person who practices the art of healing using traditional practices, herbal remedies and even the power of suggestion.

        Related terms
        целитель
        Portuguese
        terapeuta
        Catalan
        terapeuta

        A person skilled in a particular type of therapy.

              terapeuta
              Synonyms
              Examples for "folk healer"
              Examples for "folk healer"
              1
              Naholo credits a Fijian folk healer for his recovery.
              Radio NZ
              1
              The witch doctor taboos a banana tree, the parson the joyous dance.
              Wise or Otherwise
              2
              Then he threw the tiny clod of earth at the witch doctor.
              Voodoo Planet
              3
              The witch doctor took sticks and shells and shot from his leg.
              White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calab...
              4
              When I was in Zululand an old witch doctor 'tossed the bones.'
              The Man Who Knew
              5
              I went down to New Orleans and consulted with a witch doctor.
              Depraved
              Usage of healer in English
              1
              The ideal of the faith healer is the ideal of the animal.
              Nature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease...
              2
              Their foreign visitors might have caused too much stress, the healer said.
              Heir of Fire
              3
              When I say I'm a fast healer, I mean really, really fast.
              Inferno
              4
              She is very dedicated, and a good healer, I'm told, Jondalar said.
              The Shelters of Stone
              5
              The healer says to put this in water and let him drink.
              A river in the sky
              6
              The healer spoke again, this time in a language Rhiannon didn't understand.
              Celtic fire
              7
              The healer, the medium of healing, must have faith in the Name.
              Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
              8
              I'm guided by my doctor and Robbie, who is a good healer.
              The Guardian
              9
              In his younger years he was known as a healer of sorts.
              Speaks the Nightbird
              10
              She should be the helper and healer in this battered old world.
              The Lamp of Fate
              11
              Irish god who, like his father, was known as a great healer.
              A Wiccan Bible
              12
              I am not a healer, but perhaps I can stimulate the process.
              Thief of lives
              13
              Gurteys the healer, well back from Gilhaelith's hearing, complained all the way.
              Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
              14
              Myrrima had some skills as a healer, as did all water wizards.
              Chaosbound
              15
              You may go. The healer nodded to her and left the chamber.
              The outcast
              16
              Because we do need a healer, and maybe partly because of me.
              Dreamsnake
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              Translations for healer
              Healer through the time
              Healer across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Less common