Quacksalver Definition

kwăksălvər
noun
A quack; charlatan.
Webster's New World

(archaic) One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc. supposedly having curative powers.

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Other Word Forms of Quacksalver

Noun

Singular:
quacksalver
Plural:
quacksalvers

Origin of Quacksalver

  • Obsolete Dutch Middle Dutch quac- unguent or quacken to quack, boast Middle Dutch salven to salve

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • c 1570, from Dutch kwakzalver (“hawker of salve"), from Middle Dutch quacken (“to brag, boast; to croak")

    From Wiktionary

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