bonesetter
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bonesetter
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at bone, setter
Example Sentences
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He went on to eke out an existence as a nomadic marketplace storyteller, scribe and sometime bonesetter, but he somehow had contrived to send his son to schools in Hue and Saigon.
From Time Magazine Archive
A boy playing in the yard fell and broke his arm; his mother rushed him not to a doctor but to a kuesero, a bonesetter with no formal training.
From Time Magazine Archive
A talented bonesetter, he performed 18,000 operations in 14 years, mostly on feudists, miners, railroad men.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the absence of the count she ventured to send for the bonesetter, whose name she had caught and remembered.
From The Hated Son by Balzac, Honoré de
The gesture of satisfaction which escaped the count when the child's death was prophesied, suggested this speech to the bonesetter as the best means of saving the child at the moment.
From The Hated Son by Balzac, Honoré de
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