healer

What it means

1. One who heals, especially through faith.

   faith healer

   5 more examples

   gifted healer

   natural healer

   The villagers sought help from a traditional healer.

   She became known as a spiritual healer.

   Despite wanting to become an actress in her younger years, she chose the path of a healer and enrolled at the University of Amsterdam to study medicine.

   2026 August 13, Nicholas Muhoro, “Dutch Medical Student Sophia Koetsier Vanished in Uganda in 2015. An Unknown Man’s DNA Was Later Found on Her Clothing”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2026

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

In a sentence

faith healer

Where it comes from

1. Middle Englishhelere
2. Englishhealer

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