naturopath

English

Etymology

From naturopathy.

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Noun

naturopath (plural naturopaths)

  1. (alternative medicine) A practitioner of naturopathy, a nature healer
    • 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 46:
      Immediately after his gall-bladder operation he got out of bed and dide fifty push-ups—his own naturopath.
    • 2025 March 21, Katie J. M. Baker, “The Conservative Women’s Magazine With Big Ambitions, and Sex Tips for Wives”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      He grew up in Memphis as one of eight children of naturopath parents. “They were very MAHA, before MAHA was even a thing,” Mr. Hugoboom said, referring to the “Make America Healthy Again” slogan of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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