salver

Meaning

Noun

• One who salves or cures.
• One who pretends to cure; a quacksalver.
• One who salves or saves goods, etc. from destruction or loss.
• A tray used to display or serve food or other items (such as a visiting card).

Origin

• From Middle English salver (attested only in the sense of "ointment box"), from Old English *sealfere ("salver, one who anoints"), equivalent to salve + -er. Cognate with Dutch zalver, German Salber.
• From salve + -er.
• From Middle English salver, from Spanish salva ("a testing of food or drink to test for poison"), from salvar, from Latin salvō. More at save.