herb doctor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of herb doctor
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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The most famous herb doctor of southern Paraguay, his reputation as a curandero rivals that of Mariano Miguel Campos, who wields his herbs at Yhu in the northwest forests.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The charlatan, the deceiver, the herb doctor, the cheater," thundered Dr. Guard, "is in your midst."
From Time Magazine Archive
Though frankness is not always the weakness of the mineral practitioner, yet the herb doctor must be frank, or nothing.
From The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville
I am what is called a herbalist, or herb doctor.
From Six Years in the Prisons of England by Frank Henderson
“The minute I heard the chap was a kind of herb doctor, and sometimes treated grand people, I nearly jumped off my seat; for you know why Carmona was supposed to come to Granada?”
From The Car of Destiny by Armand Both
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