1
: one that heals
plant extracts used by herbalist healers
Time is a great healer.
2
: a Christian Science practitioner
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The small, fresh leaves are a potent healer.
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Mélanie Nauche, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2025
For decades after the nation’s founding, doctors had competition from homeopaths, herbalists, apothecaries, midwives, and religious healers—not to mention mothers.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
Supporting the lead characters is Annie (Mosaku), Smoke’s true love and the town’s trusted spiritual healer and Hoodoo conjurer.
—Robert Lang, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
The Catholic organization argued the measure would devalue human life and undermine the physician’s role as a healer.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
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Mélanie Nauche, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2025
For decades after the nation’s founding, doctors had competition from homeopaths, herbalists, apothecaries, midwives, and religious healers—not to mention mothers.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
Supporting the lead characters is Annie (Mosaku), Smoke’s true love and the town’s trusted spiritual healer and Hoodoo conjurer.
—Robert Lang, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
The Catholic organization argued the measure would devalue human life and undermine the physician’s role as a healer.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
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“Healer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/healer. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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healer
noun
heal·er
ˈhē-lər 
: one that heals
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