noun
- a person who dishonestly claims to have medical knowledge or skill; a fake doctor
Usage: archaic
Examples
- The village quacksalver sold worthless potions to desperate patients.
- Medieval quacksalvers often traveled from town to town peddling fake remedies.
- She exposed the quacksalver’s fraudulent medical practices.
- The authorities arrested the quacksalver for practicing medicine without a license.
- Many people fell victim to the quacksalver’s false promises of miracle cures.
- The term quacksalver comes from the Dutch word for someone who boasts about salves.