healer

[ hee-ler ]

noun

1. a person or thing that heals wounds, cures illness, restores health, or otherwise makes well and whole.
2. faith healer.
3. (in a video game) a category of job classes in a role-playing game, tasked with restoring the health of other player characters in a party, but poorly equipped to either withstand damage from an enemy or deal damage to an enemy: DD ( def 2 ), tank ( def 4 ).

   Healers are essential to any raiding party, but Priest and even Shaman jobs are hard to solo in the early levels.

Word History and Origins

Origin of healer¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English helere “Savior, medicine”; heal, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Leal’s contribution to the menu is a strawberry twist on the French 75 inspired by Marie Laveau, a voodoo herbalist and healer from New Orleans.

From Salon

Students spend hours toiling over dead bodies with gratitude and reverence for the donation that allows them to practice and learn about human anatomy in their journey to become healers.

From Salon

Quickly, a second Cantonese-speaking stranger appeared, claiming she knew the healer, and offering to take them to him.

From BBC

Season 1 was all awkward introductions, with Jason Segel’s Jimmy Laird sticking his hand out for a nice-to-meet-you shake, with standard-issue TV wounded healer listed on his Hello My Name Is tag.

From Salon

Time is a healer, she said, but the loss is exponential.

From BBC

Related Words

• physician
• shaman
• therapist