healer
Substantivin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈhiːlə(ɹ)//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈhilɚ//
One who heals, especially through faith.
Substantiv
- 1
One who heals, especially through faith.
faith healer
gifted healer
natural healer
The villagers sought help from a traditional healer.
- 2
Anything that heals; a medicine that heals some wound, injury, ailment, or disease.
Herkunft
From Middle English helere, the agent noun of heal; analysed as heal + -er. Cognate with Dutch heler (“healer”), German Heiler (“healer”), Icelandic heilari (“healer”).
Formen
- Plural
- healers