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quacksalver

N คน ล่อลวง  คน ปลิ้นปล้อน  imposter pretender simulator trickster kon-lor-luang

 

quacksalver

N หมอเถื่อน  หมอ กำมะลอ  แพทย์ เถื่อน  charlatan fake doctor mountebank quack professional doctor qualified doctor mor-tuan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUACKSALVER

n. One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUACKSALVER

Quack "sal *ver, n. Etym: [D. kwakzalver; cf. kwakzalven to quack or boast of one's salves. See Quack, Salve, n.]

 

Defn: 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.