Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person, especially one who is not a licensed physician, who sets broken or dislocated bones.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun one who
realigns broken ordisjointed bones
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones
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Examples
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Their ways can seem inscrutable and frustrating at times as well, as when a group of men insist on letting a wounded man be tended to by a bonesetter, worsening the wounded man's condition.
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Illustrations in the Florentine Codex show various healers associated with specific ailments: the bonesetter, tepoztecpahtiani, for example, the bleeder, teitzminqui, or the one who cures diseases of the eyes, texpatiani.
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008
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Annette sways forward and for a second it†™ s like there†™ s no bonesetter in her bloodstream.
365 tomorrows » 2007 » September : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007
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House of Fury: A mild-mannered bonesetter turns out to be a top-notch secret agent, semi-retired.
action triple feature today, Raleigh-Durham shuttle departing at noon badger 2005
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She bows her old head to a voice that speaks to her loudly, her bonesetter, her medicineman: me she slights.
Ulysses 2003
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The first marriage proposal came from Chang's matchmaker, who went to the bonesetter and related the good omens.
The Bonesetter's Daughter TAN, Amy 2001
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But the fortune-teller had a sister-in-law who lived near the bonesetter, and she knew better.
The Bonesetter's Daughter TAN, Amy 2001
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The bonesetter was so ashamed he could not save his own family members that he spent his entire fortune and went into a lifetime of debt to hold their funerals.
The Bonesetter's Daughter TAN, Amy 2001
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The bonesetter had borrowed money to rent two mule carts, one to carry gifts for the groom's family, the other for the bride's trunks of blankets and clothes.
The Bonesetter's Daughter TAN, Amy 2001
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The bonesetter had to give Chang's matchmaker an awkward answer: "I'm sorry," he said, "but my daughter cried herself sick, unable to bear the thought of leaving her worthless father."
The Bonesetter's Daughter TAN, Amy 2001
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