1
: one that heals
2
: a Christian Science practitioner

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The latter film centers on a father and son; the son, a medical doctor, adheres to a rational worldview, while his father is a faith healer. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2025 It's clearly intended for a healer following The Remembrance. Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025 Or a gathering of healers and shamans in Catemaco, Veracruz, for La Noche de Brujas (Night of the Witches)? Meagan Drillinger, AFAR Media, 31 Jan. 2025 This compound was isolated from the bark of a tree long used by Samoan traditional healers to treat hepatitis — ethnobotanist Paul Cox recorded its use there, bringing the compound to the attention of other researchers. Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 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 20 Mar. 2025.

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: one that heals

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