quacksalver

noun

quack·​sal·​ver ˈkwak-ˌsal-vər 

: charlatan, quack

Synonyms

• charlatan
• fake
• faker
• fakir
• fraud
• hoaxer
• humbug
• impostor
• imposter
• mountebank
• phony
• phoney
• pretender
• quack
• ringer
• sham

Examples of quacksalver in a Sentence

the medical impostors on the information superhighway are no more scrupulous than earlier quacksalvers who traveled along the streets of towns and villages

Word History

Etymology

obsolete Dutch (now kwakzalver)

First Known Use

1579, in the meaning defined above