Noun: head-shrinker
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- A physician who specializes in psychiatry
"She consulted a head-shrinker for her depression and anxiety";
- psychiatrist, shrink [informal]
- A savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies
"The anthropologist studied the rituals of head-shrinkers in remote tribes";
- headhunter
Derived forms: head-shrinkers
Type of: barbarian, medical specialist, savage, specialist
Encyclopedia: Head-shrinker