Definitions For Quacksalver

Noun

QUACKSALVER (plural QUACKSALVERs) (archaic) One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skill#noun, skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative power#noun, powers; a quack, id=doctor. from c. 1570

Alternative forms

quack-salver

Synonyms

medicaster {{qualifier, dated, now chiefly literary}} quack, id=doctor

Derived terms

quack, id=doctor quacksalvery

Related terms

quackery quacky charlatan

Translations

Catalan: curandero, m Danish: kvaksalver Dutch: kwakzalver, m Finnish: puoskari French: charlatan, marchand d'orviétan, médicastre German: Quacksalber, m Italian: ciarlatano Norwegian: : Bokmål: kvakksalver, m : Nynorsk: kvakksalvar, m Portuguese: charlatão, m Russian: шарлата́н, m Spanish: charlatán, curandero Swedish: kvacksalvare, c

Etymology

, italy, from the collection of the {{w, Wellcome Library}} in london, england, UK]] From {{bor, en, nl, quacksalver, , a hawker of salve#noun, salve}} (now spelt kwakzalver), derived from {{der, en, dum, quacsalven, pos=noun or verb}}, from kwaken, , to boast#verb, boast, to brag#verb, brag; to croak#verb, croak + salve, , ointment, salve (modern {{cog, nl, zalf}}) + -er, , pos=agent noun suffix.