quacksalver Meaning, Definition & Usage

Quack"sal*ver noun

Etymology

D. kwakzalver; cf. kwakzalven to quack or boast of one's salves. See Quack, Salve, n.

Definitions

1. One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank. Obs. Burton.