healer

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
9
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈhiːlə(ɹ)/ (UK)
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/ˈhiːlə(ɹ)/ (UK) · /ˈhilɚ/ (US)

Definition of healer

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One who heals, especially through faith.
    “faith healer”
    “gifted healer”
    “natural healer”
    “The villagers sought help from a traditional healer.”
    “She became known as a spiritual healer.”
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noun

  1. One who heals, especially through faith.
    “faith healer”
    “gifted healer”
    “natural healer”
    “The villagers sought help from a traditional healer.”
    “She became known as a spiritual healer.”
  2. Anything that heals; a medicine that heals some wound, injury, ailment, or disease.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English helere, the agent noun of heal; analysed as heal + -er. Cognate with Dutch heler (“healer”), German Heiler (“healer”), Icelandic heilari (“healer”).

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