Quacksalver definition
A quack or charlatan.
noun
(now rare) A quack; charlatan.
noun
Alternative Forms
Alternative Form of quacksalver -
quack-salver
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
quacksalver
Plural:
quacksalversOrigin of quacksalver
- Obsolete Dutch Middle Dutch quac- unguent or quacken to quack, boast Middle Dutch salven to salve
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- c 1570, from Dutch kwakzalver (“hawker of salve"), from Middle Dutch quacken (“to brag, boast; to croak")
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