Now Rare a quack; charlatan
Origin of quacksalver
Middle Dutch (from source Dutch kwaksalver) from quacken, to quack, brag, boast + zalf, salve, akin to German salbe, salvequacksalver
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quacksalver
noun
ArchaicA quack or charlatan.
Origin of quacksalver
Obsolete DutchMiddle Dutch quac- unguent or quacken to quack, boast Middle Dutch salven to salveTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural quacksalvers)
Origin
c 1570, from Dutch kwakzalver (“hawker of salve"), from Middle Dutch quacken (“to brag, boast; to croak")
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