healer

English

Etymology

From Middle English helere, the agent noun of heal; analysed as heal +‎ -er. Cognate with Dutch heler (“healer”), German Heiler (“healer”), Icelandic heilari (“healer”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhiːlə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhilɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːlə(ɹ)

Noun

healer (plural healers)

1. One who heals, especially through faith.

   faith healer

   gifted healer

   natural healer

   The villagers sought help from a traditional healer.

   She became known as a spiritual healer.

2. Anything that heals; a medicine that heals some wound, injury, ailment, or disease.

Hyponyms

• faith healer
• medicine man
• quack
• shaman
• witch doctor

Derived terms

• time is a great healer
• time is a great healer of all wounds
• time is the great healer

Translations

person who heals

• Arabic: المعالج
• Bulgarian: лечител (bg) m (lečitel)
• Canela: caj
• Czech: léčitel m
• Dutch: genezer (nl) m, heler (nl) m, genezeres f, heleres f
• Esperanto: resanigisto
• Finnish: parantaja (fi)
• French: guérisseur (fr) m, guérisseuse (fr) f
• Georgian: მკურნალი (mḳurnali)
• German: Heiler (de) m, Heilerin (de) f
• Hungarian: gyógyító (hu)
• Indonesian: penyembuh (id)
• Italian: guaritore (it) m
• Kituba: nganga
• Latin: sānātor m, sanatrix f
• Lingala: monganga
• Macedonian: исцели́тел m (iscelítel), бајач m (bajač)
• Ngombe (Congo): monganga
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: uzdrowiciel (pl) m, znachor (pl) m
• Portuguese: curandeiro (pt) m
• Romanian: vindecător (ro) m, vindecătoare f
• Russian: цели́тель (ru) m (celítelʹ), зна́харь (ru) m (znáxarʹ)
• Slovene: zdravilec m, zdravilka f
• Spanish: curandero (es) m, santero m, sanador (es) m
• Swedish: helare (sv) c, helbrägdagörare c
• Ukrainian: ціли́тель (uk) m (cilýtelʹ), ціли́телька (uk) f (cilýtelʹka)
• Yiddish: רופא (royfe)
• Zulu: inyanga (zu) class 9/10, ugedla class 11/10, umthandazi class 1/2

Anagrams

• Harlee, reheal