curandeiro — meaning in English

English meaning

• healer noun A person who treats or cures illness, especially through non-conventional or spiritual means.
• quack noun The harsh, honking sound a duck makes.

Senses

curandeiro is used for these senses in English:

• healer One who heals, especially through faith.
• medicine man A Native American shamanistic healer.
• quack (jocular, _, slang, mildly, _, pejorative) Any doctor.
• witch doctor A person (often male) who is believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magical powers; a shaman.

healer — full definition

1. noun A person who treats or cures illness, especially through non-conventional or spiritual means.
2. noun Anything, such as a medicine, that helps cure an ailment.

quack — full definition

1. noun The harsh, honking sound a duck makes.
2. verb Of a duck, to make its characteristic call.
3. noun A person who dishonestly claims medical expertise they don't have, or who peddles fake cures.

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