Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One skilled in herbs; a herbalist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A herbalist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A
herbalist .
Etymologies
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herb + -ist
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Examples
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Whether, however, one got sick in those days and sent for the neighborhood herbist, or stayed well and hoed the corn, pealed bark to dye the home spun, or did whatever other chores the exigencies of a primitive life demanded, the end of the day at last came as it now comes.
The Centennial of the University of Virginia, 1819-1921 1922
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Robelot occupied a little house of three rooms, where he lived by himself; one of the rooms served as a shop, and was full of plants, dried herbs, grain, and other articles appertaining to his vocation as an herbist.
Crime d'Orcival. English ��mile Gaboriau 1852
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