1
: one that heals
plant extracts used by herbalist healers
Time is a great healer.
2
: a Christian Science practitioner
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With their laid-back, mop-haired rocker dad and poetry professor turned ayurvedic healer mom, 16-year-old Awilda and 13-year-old Delphine have surely always known the importance of staying true to oneself.
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Marah Eakin, Vulture, 4 June 2026
This fantasy novel was one of the biggest hits of 2025, and follows Helena, a healer and member of the Resistance who must fight to restore her memories.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
The Hanscombes move to Spain in an attempt to leave their trauma behind, with the flashforwards to various points in the 2000s proving time and distance aren’t always the great healers.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 3 June 2026
Its trio, a lonely fox-deer, an axolotl apprentice healer and a red panda Viking, travel through a darkening natural world as the series folds identity, belonging and environmental crisis.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 1 June 2026
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Marah Eakin, Vulture, 4 June 2026
This fantasy novel was one of the biggest hits of 2025, and follows Helena, a healer and member of the Resistance who must fight to restore her memories.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
The Hanscombes move to Spain in an attempt to leave their trauma behind, with the flashforwards to various points in the 2000s proving time and distance aren’t always the great healers.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 3 June 2026
Its trio, a lonely fox-deer, an axolotl apprentice healer and a red panda Viking, travel through a darkening natural world as the series folds identity, belonging and environmental crisis.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 1 June 2026
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“Healer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/healer. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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healer
noun
heal·er
ˈhē-lər 
: one that heals
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