charmer n Cp EDD charm v¹ 3: charmer Co. A person, often male, able to cure ailments by apparently supernatural or sometimes para-medical means.
   T 172/5-65 I heard talk of a man was down there treating a man that was deaf. He was a charmer. 1971 CASEY 115-6 [The] afflicted person went to the specialist and expressed his desire to have his tooth 'charmed.' Something was then written on paper and given to the suffering person by the 'charmer.' C 75-146 [They believed him] to be a charmer and sent for him whenever they were seriously bleeding.

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