curern.
/ˈkjʊərə/, /ˈkjɔːrə/, U.S. /ˈkjʊrər/ 1. One who or that which cures or heals.
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the world > health and disease > healing > [noun] > one who or that which cures
botenera1400
curer1581
1581 T. Rogers S. Augustines Praiers ix. 45 Thou purger of wickednes, & curer of wounds.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. iii. 36 He is..a curer of soules, and you a curer of bodies. View more context for this quotation
1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 438 The curers of ailments.
1845 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 6 ii. 548 Panaceas..put forth as checkers or curers of the disease.
2. One whose employment it is to cure fish, etc.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [noun] > curing > fish-curer
cure-master1622
curer1791
fish-curer1847
kipperer1902
1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 103 There is room enough for the cooper and curer to perform their operations all under cover.
1814–15 Act 55 Geo. III c. 94 §20 If the curer of such herrings shall not deliver such account thereof.
1864 Reader 23 Jan. 99 Curers crowd to buy the fish.
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