quacksalver
[ kwak-sal-ver ]
noun
a quack doctor.
a charlatan.
Origin of quacksalver
1Words Nearby quacksalver
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How to use quacksalver in a sentence
Francis Quicksilver, would God thou hadst turned quacksalver, rather than run into these dissolute and lewd courses!
The Works of John Marston | John MarstonI have done ill to unbosom myself so far to this poisonous quacksalver.
The Fair Maid of Perth | Sir Walter ScottAm I not yclept quacksalver by those that come not near me, and wizard by those I heal?
The Cloister and the Hearth | Charles Reade
British Dictionary definitions for quacksalver
quacksalver
/ (ˈkwækˌsælvə) /
noun
an archaic word for quack 2
Origin of quacksalver
1C16: from Dutch, from quack, apparently: to hawk + salf salve 1
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