quacksalver
n. one who practices medicine without the proper qualifications; charlatan, impostor | ||||
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| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Quacksalver
(n.)
One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank.
(n.)
One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank.
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quacksalver
quacksalver
\quack"sal*ver\ (?), n. [d. kwakzalver; cf. kwakzalven to quack or boast of one's salves. see quack, salve, n.] one who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank. [obs.] [
quacksalver
\quack"sal*ver\ (?), n. [d. kwakzalver; cf. kwakzalven to quack or boast of one's salves. see quack, salve, n.] one who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank. [obs.] [