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English

Etymology

From herb +‎ master.

Noun

herbmaster (plural herbmasters)

  1. An expert in herbal medicine.
    • 1979, T A Shippey, “Creation from Philology in The Lord of the Rings”, in Mary Salu, Robert T. Farrell, editors, J. R. R. Tolkien, Scholar and Storyteller: Essays in Memoriam, Ithaca, N.Y., London: Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 316:
      the herbmaster of the Houses of Healing in The Return of the King is descended from the “jabberwocks of historical and antiquarian research” in the British Academy lecture.
    • 1998, Michelle West, The Uncrowned King (The Sun Sword; book two), DAW Books, →ISBN, page 414:
      Biting the words back and swallowing them was harder than swallowing the vile concoctions of lunatic herbmasters, but she managed.
    • 2006, Robert Newcomb, Savage Messiah, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 19:
      “And because of these facets of the craft, partial adepts can also sometimes be herbmistresses or herbmasters.”

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