herbmaster

English

Etymology

From herb +‎ master.

Noun

herbmaster (plural herbmasters)

1. An expert in herbal medicine.
   • 1979, T[homas] A[lan] 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.”

Coordinate terms

• herbmistress