naturopath

English

Etymology

From naturopathy.

Noun

naturopath (plural naturopaths)

(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.

Synonyms

naturopathist

Translations

practitioner of naturopathy

Dutch: natuurgenezer (nl) m, natuurgeneeskundige m or f
Finnish: luonnonparantaja, naturopaatti
French: naturopathe (fr)
German: Naturheilkundige m or f, Naturarzt m
Italian: naturopata (it) m or f

See also

homeopath

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