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View synonyms for quacksalver
quacksalver
[ kwak-sal-ver ]
noun
- a quack doctor.
- a charlatan.
quacksalver
/ ˈkwækˌsælvə /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quacksalver1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quacksalver1
C16: from Dutch, from quack, apparently: to hawk + salf salve 1
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Example Sentences
Francis Quicksilver, would God thou hadst turned quacksalver, rather than run into these dissolute and lewd courses!
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I have done ill to unbosom myself so far to this poisonous quacksalver.
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Am I not yclept quacksalver by those that come not near me, and wizard by those I heal?
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