Quacksalver

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Archaic A quack or charlatan.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc. supposedly having curative powers.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his nostrums; a charlatan; a quack.
    • Word Usage
    "The quacksalver was at first one who made, sold, or applied ointments or oils."
    Form
    quacksalverism    quacksalvery    quack   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    charlatan    quack    mountebank   
     
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