quacksalver

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

quack medicaster faker bluff shark pretender charlatan humbug fraud fake counterfeit sham empiricist impostor ringer

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real bona fide genuine authentic honest honesty

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charlatan quackery quacky

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