quacksalver

[kwak-sal-ver]

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noun

a quack doctor.
a charlatan.

Origin of quacksalver

1570–80; < early Dutch (now kwakzalver); see quack¹, salve¹, -er¹

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British Dictionary definitions for quacksalver

quacksalver

noun

an archaic word for quack 2

Word Origin

C16: from Dutch, from quack, apparently: to hawk + salf salve 1

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n.

1570s; see quack (n.1).

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