quacksalver

Betekenis (Engels)

One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.

Concepten

kwakzalver

Synoniemen

charlatan

quack

mountebank

fake doctor

simulator

trickster

imposter

quack doctor

pretender

Vertalingen

Quacksalber

ciarlatano

charlatán

curandero

charlatan

médicastre

rebouteur

marchand d'orviétan

medicastro

charlatão

curandero

medicastro

Kurpfuscher

αλμπάνης

κομπογιαννίτης

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈkwæksælvə/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Nederlands: zalf

In summary

From Dutch quacksalver (“a hawker of salve”) (now spelt kwakzalver), derived from Middle Dutch quacsalven (noun or verb), from kwaken (“to boast, to brag; to croak”) + salve (“ointment, salve”) (modern Dutch zalf) + -er (agent noun suffix).