healer
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈhiːlər/
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curandero
- Many villagers rely on a healer for natural remedies to treat their ailments.
- a traditional healer
- a faith healer
- a folk healer
I have some very wise elders and healers that I lean on.
- I have some very wise elders and healers that I lean on.
- So not everyone can be a master healer.
- John of God is a kind of a faith healer, someone who claims that he can heal people.
- I really relate to this character, Yuna, who's like a healer.
- He's a Reiki healer, but he's much more than that.
- Sloan describes this black healer as a healer who used to be a queen in her own country.
- The power of the shaman, the power of the healer is based on four things.
- We're also interested in the process by which people become teachers and healers.
- And I know many, many people who come to this work, you know, as as healers.
- What I observed as a physician, as a clinician, as a healer, was huge fonts of information for me.
- Every single person is our healer, is our teacher.
- And I heard from the healer, this is not yours to keep.
- You're your own healer, this idea that you're the healer of yourself.
Examples
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I could not travel with them but by then I was blessed to have found a fine local healer.
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He sees himself as a healer.
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And I heard from the healer, this is not yours to keep.
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The king needs a healer.
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The power of the shaman, the power of the healer is based on four things.
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I've made my decision to run to you, the healer that I need.
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The contributions of traditional healers are numerous and critical in their respective communities.
Academic text (1999) -
A crucial function of traditional healers is to make preventive medicine for their clients.
Academic text (1999) -
Others were unanimous in their agreement that traditional healers perform useful functions.
Academic text (1999) -
He's a Reiki healer, but he's much more than that.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person trained to care for sick people under a doctor's supervision
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3.8
A doctor who finds what is wrong and treats sick or injured people
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3.7
A trained person who helps people with physical or mental health problems
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2.5
Someone or somewhere that gives medical care, for example a doctor
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5.5
A person who helps others with mental and emotional problems by talking and giving support
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4.5
A health worker who treats patients directly
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7.4
A person in some tribes who heals people and leads spiritual rituals
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8.2
A person in some cultures who uses rituals and plant medicines to heal people
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5.5
A person who uses plants to make medicine for health
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2.7
A doctor who treats common illnesses and sends patients to specialists
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8.6
A person who uses natural treatments to help the body heal itself
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6.1
A person who helps people and animals get better after illness or injury
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7.0
Someone or something that heals sickness and makes people better
A person who talks with spirits to heal people or tell the future
A person who cares for people who are sick or hurt
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Etymology
Healer comes from the Old English word hælan, which means 'to make whole', and you can see the same idea in heal, health, and whole, so a healer is someone who helps make a person whole or well again.