curanderon.
/ˌkʊəranˈdɛːrəʊ/, /ˌkɔːranˈdɛːrəʊ/, /ˌkʊərənˈdɛːrəʊ/, /ˌkɔːrənˈdɛːrəʊ/, U.S. /ˌkʊrænˈdɛroʊ/, /ˌkʊrənˈdɛroʊ/ In Spain and Spanish-speaking contexts: a (usually male) healer who uses folk remedies; a traditional healer. Cf. curandera n.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > alternative practitioner > [noun] > herbalist
proalizer1577
herbalist1592
herbist1611
herbister1623
signaturist1646
curandero1801
root doctor1814
curandera1821
herb-doctor1854
herb-doctressa1864
herbologist1929
sinseh1972
1801 National Intelligencer & Washington Advertiser 21 Dec. I never had it in my power to see one of these Curanderos, till the year 1788, at which time being in Mariquito, I heard of a slave..that had great reputation in the art.
1955 A. Huxley Let. 27 Aug. (1969) 761 Mr Wasson's curandero..was under mushroom trance..in Mexico.
1963 J. R. Peavey Echoes from Rio Grande iv. 29 When a cure was effected it was not the medicine but the profound faith the patients had in the ‘curandero’ that accounted for their ultimate recovery.
2001 Kindred Spirit Summer 70/3 (advt.) Working with authentic local shamans & curanderos, in the Huancabama, Andean & Amazonian traditions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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