Definition of healer
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: one that heals
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: a Christian Science practitioner
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Every surgical resident aspires to the image of a supremely competent healer who displays unwavering commitment to saving lives.
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Some are brawlers ready to take on Trump, while others pose as healers to call the country back to better angels.
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People have some of the same cultural practices that contributed to Ebola’s explosive spread in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, including the common use of faith healers and burials that involve handling the body.
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For me, a healer is someone who’s trying to become better, to find self-worth.
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Some people in the medical profession believe the public doesn't need to know that doctor suicide is a real problem, as if a healer being in pain is shameful and would frighten patients.
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After being spurned by Bo Jackson, who preferred a career with the MLB’s Kansas City Royals, the Bucs took Testaverde as the healer of all ills.
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The icon: Louis Charles Roudanez The legacy: By training, Louis Charles Roudanez was a healer, having studied medicine at the University of Paris and returning home to establish a thriving medical practice in New Orleans.
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Authorities have said that a mob dragged Sebastian Woodroffe by the neck to his death shortly after people accused him of killing Olivia Arevalo, an octogenarian plant healer from the Shipibo-Konibo tribe of northeastern Peru.
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First Known Use of healer
12th century
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See words that rhyme with healer Spanish Central: Translation of healer Nglish: Translation of healer for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of healer for Arabic speakers
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