chiropractor

[ kahy-ruh-prak-ter ]

noun

1. one whose occupation is the practice of chiropractic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chiropractor¹

First recorded in 1900–05; chiropract(ic) + -or ², as if a Latin noun with -tor

Example Sentences

Suddenly every person you meet — the cashier, the mechanic, the chiropractor, the soccer dad — is someone who is either working toward 70 percent or is not, someone who can either protect you or can’t, or who isn’t even inclined to try.

From Washington Post

Hackett, a chiropractor who attended previous Oath Keepers events and a Florida firearms training school, was in federal custody as of Friday evening, online records show.

From Washington Post

I should mention that I’d never actually been to a chiropractor prior to my descent into Chirogram.

From Outside Online

One client of ours is a chiropractor that specializes in a unique treatment approach.

From Search Engine Land

For example, there’s a lot of reasons that someone may visit the chiropractor, but each office most likely has a bulk of patients coming in for similar treatment.

From Search Engine Land

Turns out it is Kinesio tape, a stretchy cotton tape designed by a Japanese chiropractor to support injured muscles.

From The Daily Beast

Lopez was ejected and Griffin went in search of a good chiropractor.

From The Daily Beast

His father, Ed, is a chiropractor, and his parents raised their three sons in a devout Christian household.

From The Daily Beast

And viewers certainly must have wondered why a Miami chiropractor was relevant to this election.

From The Daily Beast

Levy recounts how she herself went to a chiropractor in 2002 to seek help with a stiff shoulder she had developed in her sleep.

From The Daily Beast

I didn't go outside to the hospital but saw the two pilots who had had two years of chiropractor schooling before being drafted.

From Project Gutenberg

I'm her chiropractor, and I'm about to straighten out some vertebrae in her neck!

From Project Gutenberg