Standard Lemma guide

herbalist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɜːbəlɪst/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɜːbl̩ɪst/
  • General-American: /ˈ(h)ɜɹbələst/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)bəlɪst
  • CMU ARPABET: ER1 B AH0 L AH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: HH ER1 B AH0 L AH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who treats diseases by means of medicinal herbs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a therapist who heals by the use of herbs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: herb doctor

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: therapist, healer

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English herbal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English herbalist From herbal + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: билка́р (bilkár) — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Catalan: herbolari — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Catalan: remeier — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Catalan: herborista — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 中醫師 /中医师 (Zhōngyīshī) — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 草藥醫生 /草药医生 (cǎoyào yīshēng) — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Czech: bylinkář — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Dutch: herborist — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Dutch: kruidkundige — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Finnish: kasvisparantaja — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • French: herboriste — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • French: herbaliste — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Galician: herborista — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Ido: herboristo — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Irish: luibhlia — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Italian: erborista — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Italian: fitoterapeuta — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Macedonian: билкар (bilkar) — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Macedonian: билкарка (bilkarka) — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Polish: zielarz — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Polish: zielarka — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Romanian: herbolog — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Romanian: herbologă — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Romanian: erborist — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Russian: тра́вник (trávnik) — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Slovak: bylinkár — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Slovene: zelȋščar — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Slovene: zelȋščarica — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Sotho: rameriana — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Spanish: herbolario — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Spanish: herbolaria — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Turkish: otacı — person who treats diseases by herbs
  • Ottoman Turkish: عطار (ʼattar, ʼaktar) — person who treats diseases by herbs