1. Plural of hydropath; practitioners or advocates of hydropathy (treatment of disease by the therapeutic use of water).
Usage: historical; chiefly British

Examples

• In the 19th century, hydropaths established wellness centers across Europe.
• The hydropaths believed that cold-water immersion could cure many ailments.
• Victorian hydropaths promoted their water-cure methods as alternatives to conventional medicine.
• Several famous hydropaths published treatises on the benefits of hydrotherapy.
• The hydropaths' clinics attracted patients seeking natural remedies.