quacksalver
Meaning
Noun
- One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.
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Origin
- From Dutch quacksalver ("a hawker of [[salve#Noun") (now spelt kwakzalver), derived from Middle Dutch quacsalven, from kwaken + salve (modern Dutch zalf) + -er.
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