salver

Meaning

  1. One who salves or cures.
  2. One who pretends to cure; a quacksalver.

Translations

Etymology

In summary

From Middle English salver (attested only in the sense of "ointment box"), from Old English *sealfere (“salver, one who anoints”), equivalent to salve + -er. Cognate with Dutch zalver (“salver”), German Salber (“salver”).

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