healer

noun

heal·​er ˈhē-lər How to pronounce healer (audio)
1
: one that heals
2
: a Christian Science practitioner

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The 29-year-old founder of Flor de Luna Distillery has combined ancient traditions of curanderas, or healers, with contemporary gin-making techniques to create Condesa Gin, which released its first bottles in 2016. Ryan Craggs, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2025 When the tree crashes out of their living room, their identity is finally revealed; Gogo was a renowned traditional healer and Janet was a rainmaker. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025 No One Saw Coming follows a group of Black women — healers, leaders, artists, and mothers — creating a new blueprint for resistance in a society that demands their exhaustion while denying their safety and dignity. Daisy Auger-Domínguez, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025 The story of tonic water starts in the 17th century, when Jesuit missionaries in the Andes discovered what local native healers already knew: the bark of the cinchona tree had healing properties. Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for healer

Word History

First Known Use

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of healer was in the 12th century

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“Healer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/healer. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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healer

noun
heal·​er ˈhē-lər How to pronounce healer (audio)
: one that heals

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