herbologistn.
/həːˈbɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /(h)ərˈbɑlədʒəst/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
A practitioner of herbal medicine, a herbalist.
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1929 N.Y. Times 26 Oct. 21/7 They answered all the necessary questions, the chief describing himself as an herbologist of Lake George, NY.
1955 O. Fals-Borda Peasant Society in Columbian Andes App. C 261 Tegua, local herbologist and shaman.
1998 B. Frank tr. B. Paillard Notes on Plague Years vii. 78 Some herbologists recommend several plants, such as the inevitable ginseng.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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