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folk-healer

folk-healer is the alternative form of folk healer.

Meaning of folk healer

Noun

folk healer (plural folk healers)

  1. An unlicensed traditional practitioner who treats ailments using a blend of herbal remedies, spiritual rituals, and psychological support.
  2. (broadly) One of the cunning folk.

Forms of folk-healer

pluralfolk-healers

Questions about folk-healer

What is folk-healer the alternative form of?
Folk-healer is the alternative form of folk healer.

Words near folk-healer in the dictionary

  1. folk-etymologically
  2. folk-etymologize
  3. folk-etymologized
  4. folk-etymologizes
  5. folk-etymologizing
  6. folk-healer
  7. folk-hero
  8. folk-heroes
  9. folk-like
  10. folk-lore
  11. folk-lores

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