Definition of "head-shrinker" [head-shrinker]

• A psychiatrist or psychotherapist; a shrink. (noun)
• Literally, one who shrinks heads, as previously done by some Amazon tribes. (noun)

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• "One of the white coats accompanied me around a turning hallway: I knew we were on the way to a head-shrinker—the Army psychiatrist. . ."
• "Which makes us wonder: Who's going to the head-shrinker... and why?"
• "Captain Singh's expression would be one to behold-following which, Dick would probably find himself stunned unconscious and wake under the solicitous attentions of a concerned head-shrinker!"