healer

American  

[hee-ler] / ˈhi lər /

noun

healers plural

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.

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• healers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of healer

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

Example Sentences

Heading backstage, my group’s leader played Healer Lenore, a self-help guru who used a question-and-answer session to cleanse us of daemonic energy — or at least make peace with it.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2022

Faith Healer An itinerant Irish miracle worker plies his trade in Brian Friel’s comedic fable.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2019

Second place receives a tin of 15 Jesus Bandages, perfectly functional bandaids adorned with Renaissance-style likenesses of the Healer.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2019

Stephen Dillane won the best actor prize for Faith Healer at the Donmar Warehouse and Billie Piper was named best actress for her role in Federico Garcia Lorca's Yerma at the Young Vic.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2017

“The Grisha was a Corporalnik serving her indenture with Councilman Hoede’s household. He thought because she was a Healer and not a Heartrender, he was making the safe choice to test the parem.”

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Related Words

• physician
• shaman
• therapist