1
: one that heals
plant extracts used by herbalist healers
Time is a great healer.
2
: a Christian Science practitioner
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Mosaku captivated audiences as Annie, a powerful healer and spiritual guide who helps fight off bloodthirsty vampires in Sinners.
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Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
The Cult of the Real Housewife docuseries also relies on cult expert Steven Hassan to better understand how Mary Cosby and Bishop Cosby could allegedly manipulate and coerce their followers into handing over their life savings to people seen as faith healers capable of delivering them from evil.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Jan. 2026
As entheogenic effects subsided, the digital-age healer pulled out her iPhone and showed me photos from her recent trip home.
—María Cristina Lalonde, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Think of it as an almighty healer powered by hydrolyzed rice, sea buckthorn oil, and other ancient remedies that aid in decreasing breakage by sealing the cuticle and filling the holes that can develop in your hair on a micro level.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 27 Dec. 2025
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Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
The Cult of the Real Housewife docuseries also relies on cult expert Steven Hassan to better understand how Mary Cosby and Bishop Cosby could allegedly manipulate and coerce their followers into handing over their life savings to people seen as faith healers capable of delivering them from evil.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Jan. 2026
As entheogenic effects subsided, the digital-age healer pulled out her iPhone and showed me photos from her recent trip home.
—María Cristina Lalonde, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Think of it as an almighty healer powered by hydrolyzed rice, sea buckthorn oil, and other ancient remedies that aid in decreasing breakage by sealing the cuticle and filling the holes that can develop in your hair on a micro level.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 27 Dec. 2025
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“Healer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/healer. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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healer
noun
heal·er
ˈhē-lər 
: one that heals
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