healer
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Etymology edit
From Middle English helere, the agent noun of heal; analysed as heal + -er. Cognate with Dutch heler (“healer”), German Heiler (“healer”), Icelandic heilari (“healer”).
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Noun edit
healer (plural healers)
- One who heals, especially through faith.
- Anything that heals; a medicine that heals some wound, injury, ailment, or disease.
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person who heals
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